California MEGA Millions Results, Intelligent Picks, Lotto Wheels

Find below a list containing the latest 30 California(CA) MEGA Millions drawing results. The results are shown by draw date and in descending order with the latest MEGA Millions winning numbers shown first. In case you want to learn more about past results, you can look up Search Past California(CA) MEGA Millions results, and California(CA) MEGA Millions winning numbers calendar.

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#	Draw Date	Winning Numbers	Mega Ball	Megaplier
	Fri Jul 26, 2024	02 14 33 58 65	03
	Tue Jul 23, 2024	03 09 14 26 51	21
	Fri Jul 19, 2024	10 17 23 50 67	03
	Tue Jul 16, 2024	05 35 42 58 66	22
	Fri Jul 12, 2024	15 35 48 53 68	08
	Tue Jul 09, 2024	21 26 54 60 64	03
	Fri Jul 05, 2024	06 15 32 54 67	04
	Tue Jul 02, 2024	04 08 19 31 45	11
	Fri Jun 28, 2024	28 31 33 42 66	24
	Tue Jun 25, 2024	03 16 27 47 62	08
	Fri Jun 21, 2024	03 18 27 40 44	19
	Tue Jun 18, 2024	21 22 50 55 67	20
	Fri Jun 14, 2024	01 25 26 31 65	02
	Tue Jun 11, 2024	01 05 07 22 24	08
	Fri Jun 07, 2024	03 05 12 22 66	07
	Tue Jun 04, 2024	19 37 40 63 69	17
	Fri May 31, 2024	04 11 23 33 49	23
	Tue May 28, 2024	12 18 48 57 62	04
	Fri May 24, 2024	46 54 56 67 70	16
	Tue May 21, 2024	02 05 08 28 69	14
	Fri May 17, 2024	08 17 40 60 70	03
	Tue May 14, 2024	13 19 43 62 64	06
	Fri May 10, 2024	13 22 26 32 65	18
	Tue May 07, 2024	26 28 36 63 66	15
	Fri May 03, 2024	06 13 15 53 56	11
	Tue Apr 30, 2024	10 18 27 37 61	05
	Fri Apr 26, 2024	15 23 53 57 61	09
	Tue Apr 23, 2024	11 17 33 39 43	14
	Fri Apr 19, 2024	19 30 34 46 58	03
	Tue Apr 16, 2024	21 26 36 44 59	02

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The Mega Millions game grand prize is on the move again. The jackpot for the Tuesday, July 30th, 2024 drawing will be $331,000,000 with the cash option of $$156.2 million. The winning numbers from Friday, July 26th, 2024 drawing were 02-14-33-58-65 and the Mega Ball was 03, Megaplier was 3. There was no jackpot winning ticket sold in the past 15 draws since Friday, June 7th, 2024.The last jackpot was won by one lucky ticket sold in IL, matched all six numbers for a $560 million top prize.

Although there was no jackpot winner Friday evening, Mega Millions had some huge winners. There were three lucky tickets correctly matched all 5 numbers but missed Mega Ball number, which won the 2nd prize. The three second prize winning ticket(s) bought in CA,IL,NJ will collect $1,000,000 cash each.

Other prizes won Friday night included 12 tickets that matched 4 white numbers in addition to the Mega Ball and won $10,000. In addition, 339 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $500. There were 845 tickets that matched 3 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $200.

With nine different prize levels, there were a total of 1,447,926 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, July 26th, 2024 drawing.

Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game offered in 44 member states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. It holds the record biggest jackpot of $656 million in U.S. lottery history. On average, 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back on the players in prizes. Roughly 15% is used to as commission of retailers and lottery operation expenses. Around 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating states. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. To play Mega Millions, select 5 numbers from 1 to 70 and pick one Mega Ball number from 1 to 25. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay $1 extra to buy the Megaplier, which multiplies the winnings 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners can select one time lump-sum cash payout instead.

Contrary to other Mega Millions participants, all the nine prize tiers of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This leads to different amounts of prize for equivalent winning tickets sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other lotteries. By way of example, the second 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, California state lottery does not offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.

There were 114,215 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.

• 1 ticket(s) matched 5 of 5 and won $415,055 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 5 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $31 to $3,383,371, with an average of $889,141 payout.
• 5 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $5,879 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $7 to $54,331, with an average of $12,892 payout.
• 81 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $408 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $165 to $690, with an average of $485 payout.
• 165 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $228 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $75 to $269, with an average of $202 payout.

Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Friday, July 26th, 2024's drawing:

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Can you imagine a lottery where 94% of the ticket cost is diverted back to public? That is what California Mega Millions does for all of you.

California Lottery was started in 1985 after lottery was legalised in California in the year 1984. Later California Lottery started participating in the already existing and popular lottery called Mega Millions, thereby giving birth to California Mega Million.

An unbelievable $ 12,000,000 is the jackpot prize. Just imagine what all you can do with this kind of money.

The popular lottery - Mega Millions also called MM is a lottery that is available or played across multiple states in America. The name of the Mega Millions lottery earlier was .The Big Game..

In California Mega Millions, you need to select any 6 numbers from two different groups of numbers. The 1st group of numbers is from 1 to 56 and the 2nd group of numbers is from 1 to 46. If six numbers match, you win the jackpot. In California, prizes are pari-mutuel which means the payouts depends on the quantity of tickets sold and within that, the quantity of tickets have won the games.

You can claim your California Mega Millions prize from 2 modes of payment. One is annual payment where you will be provided in 26 annual payments and the other is cash payment where full amount is paid.

The California Mega Millions draws are conducted 2 days a week on Tuesday and Friday. The draw is at 7.45 pm.

California Mega Millions can be played in 4 easy steps - Find, Pick, Buy, Play.

1. Visit your nearest California Mega Millions retailer. There are 20,000 California Mega Millions retail shops.
2. Once you convey your wish to play the California Mega Millions game, the retailer would give you a play slip.
3. You need to then pick 5 numbers you consider lucky from 2 groups of numbers. The 1st 4 numbers you need to choose is from 1 to 56 and the 5th numbers you need to choose is from 1 to 46.
4. You need to choose & mark these numbers on the California Mega Millions pay slip.
5. In case you are unable to choose the numbers on your own, use the Quick Pick facility where a computer would choose the numbers for you randomly.
6. Each California Mega Millions play slip contains 5 plays. You need to buy more pay slips to play more games.
7. There is also a feature in called Advance Play which permits you to bet on the same numbers on successive draws.
8. In case you are availing Quick Pick, you are permitted up to 10 plays on the same play slip.
9. While marking on the pay slip, see that you use only black ink or blue ink pens. Other colours are not valid. In case you made mistake, instead of erasing, use the VOID box to make your mark.
10. Once you have ensured that you have marked your California Mega Millions pay slip correctly, hand it over to the retailer along with $1.You would then be given a ticket. This ticket you receive also acts as a receipt.
    
11. Check the correctness of the ticket you have received for the date, the numbers you have placed bet on, draw details and the amount paid for the ticket.
12. Once you are convinced that the information available on the California Mega Millions ticket is correct, place your signature on the back side of the ticket.
13. It is to be noted that a California Mega Millions ticket that is once sold will not, under any circumstance, be cancelled.
14. The tickets are bar coded. You can check you winning status either by scanning your ticket at the retailer or by visiting the California Mega Millions website.

The California Mega Millions draw is usually conducted in the city of Atlanta in Georgia. It is conducted by WSB-TV.

For very large draws, the Mega Millions draw is sometimes conducted in New York City's Times Square.

The first 5 numbers are chosen using white colored balls and the 6th number is called the Mega Ball number. The 2 sets of numbers are drawn using different machines.

Unlike other states, Megaplier, a $2 game, is not offered as a part of California Mega Millions.

The chance of winning a California Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 175,711,536.

The chance of winning any prize is 1 in 40.

There are chances that there is more than one winner in a California Mega Millions draw. In such a case the prize is shared among the winners. However the number of winners, if belonging to the same group, should not be more than 100.

Suppose the winner dies before collecting the prize money, his / her heir can collect the California Mega Millions prize money. There is of course a formal procedure for the same.

The winners should claim or collect their prize within 180 days. If not collected, the prize will be awarded to the state of California and in turn fund schools and colleges.

The prizes of California Mega Millions above $599 are taxable. However there is no state/ or local tax pertaining to California.

It is mind blowing to know that the largest or biggest jackpot ever won in Mega Millions is of prize money $ 656,000,000 which is in 26 annual payments or an equivalent cash amount of $474,000,000. This was in the year 2012.

The 2nd highest jackpot (payable in 26 annual instalments) that was won was $390 million and the 3rd largest is $380 million.

You have to claim the jackpot prize within a year unlike other Mega Millions prizes which give a period of 180 days period. Thereafter you have 60 days to choose either the cash or the 26 annual payments.

In case of prizes other than jackpot, the same needs to be claimed within 180 days.

You need to be at least 18 years old if you need to play California Mega Millions.

Younger people . do not lose heart. You can win or collect the prizes on tickets that have been gifted to you.

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02 14 33 58 65 MB: 03 Fri Jul 26, 2024 Last 10 | Calendar | Search Intelli-Combos | Power Picks | Frequency Chart | Overdue Chart Win Checker | Lotto Wheels | Prize Analysis News & Payout | Skip and Hit Analysis	Next Draw: Tue Jul 30, 2024 $331,000,000  Change: +$25,000,000