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Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot rises to $497,000,000; 1 second prize ticket sold
Updated: Saturday, September 27, 2025 01:01 AM
With no winner in the last drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot will be worth an estimated $497,000,000 (cash value $$229.5 million) the next time the multistate lottery is drawn on Tuesday. The amount carried over because no one hit all 6 numbers to win the $474,000,000 jackpot Friday night. The winning numbers from Friday night, September 26th, 2025 were 04-21-27-33-49 with Mega Ball number 21 and Megaplier X. The Mega Millions grand prize has been growing for 53 draws since Friday, March 28th, 2025.The last jackpot was won by one lucky ticket sold in IL, matched all six numbers for a $344 million top prize.
While the jackpot was not hit Friday evening, some players still walked away with huge pile of cash. There was only one ticket that correctly matched all 5 white ball numbers and won the second prize. The 1 second prize winning ticket(s) bought in will collect a million dollar cash each.
Other prizes won Friday evening included 6 tickets that matched 4 white numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Other prizes won Friday evening included 246 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $500. 577 tickets matched 3 of the 5 lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.
With nine different prize levels, there were a total of 625,648 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, September 26th, 2025 drawing.
Mega Millions can be played in 43 states and D.C. Mega Millions drawings occur 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. Mega Millions lottery uses a 5/70+1/25 matrix to randomly pick winning numbers. The overall chances of winning is about 1 to 14. The chances of winning Mega Millions grand prize are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions advertised jackpot is $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners can choose one time lump sum cash payout instead.
In contrast to other Mega Millions states, all the nine prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a fixed value. This leads to different prize amounts for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other forty three jurisdictons. By way of example, the 2nd Mega Millions prizes is a million dollar could pay the winner more than a million dollar due to the pari-mutuel payout system of California lottery. For the same reason, CA state lottery does not offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 127,714 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 5 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $6,766 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $2 to $54,869, with an average of $16,009 payout.
- 87 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $447 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $216 to $1,021, with an average of $513 payout.
- 247 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $175 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $126 to $338, with an average of $208 payout.
Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Friday, September 26th, 2025's drawing: - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Sep 26, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $0 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 6 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 246 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 577 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 13,842 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 12,004 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 85,355 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 200,793 |
| Fri Sep 26, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $43,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $0 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $6,766 | 5 | | 4 of 5 | $447 | 87 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $175 | 247 | | 3 of 5 | $9 | 5,623 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $9 | 4,937 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $7 | 34,557 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 82,258 |
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