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No jackpot ticket sold. Massive Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs Tuesday night
Updated: Saturday, February 21, 2026 12:32 AM
The Mega Millions lottery grand prize increased because no player hit all six winning numbers from Friday night's $416,000,000 drawing. The next jackpot leaped to $438,000,000 for Tuesday night's drawing. The lump-sum cash payout will be a projected $$203.1 million up for grab. The numbers from Friday night, February 20th, 2026 were 15-40-48-58-63 with Mega Ball number 02 and Megaplier .
Although the grand prize was not awarded Friday evening, Mega Millions had some big winners. A total of 9 lucky tickets won the third prize. These included 9 tickets that matched four white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000.
Other prizes won Friday evening included 149 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers and won $500. 409 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.
With nine different ways to win, there were 572,304 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Friday, February 20th, 2026 drawing.
Mega Millions is a consortium associated with 44 state lotteries. It holds the record highest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Mega Millions drawings are held 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to purchase the Megaplier option, which multiplies the original winnings 2 to 5 times but not grand prize. The chances of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The chances of matching 6 Mega Millions numbers are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize is $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners may select one time lump-sum cash payout instead.
Compared with other Mega Millions states, all the 9 prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a set 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 43 Mega Millions states. Such as, the 2nd Mega Millions prizes is $1,000,000 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 participants.
There were 118,431 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 4 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $8,002 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $2 to $59,857, with an average of $14,398 payout.
- 78 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $471 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $185 to $1,234, with an average of $523 payout.
- 190 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $215 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $94 to $407, with an average of $204 payout.
To find out if you are one of the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Friday, February 20th, 2026's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Feb 20, 2026 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $0 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 9 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 149 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 409 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 9,766 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 9,219 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 73,178 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 193,422 |
| Fri Feb 20, 2026 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 | $8,002 | 4 | | 4 of 5 | $471 | 78 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $215 | 190 | | 3 of 5 | $11 | 4,215 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $11 | 3,857 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $7 | 30,358 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 79,729 |
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