No ticket matched all 6 numbers. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot moves to $84 million

California Mega Millions Payout and News
Updated: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 01:58 AM

Wall Street is not the only place where fortunes are made and lost these days. One fortune is going to be up for grabs on Friday, when Mega Millions game has $84 million on the line. The cash option stands at an estimated $58.4 million up for grab. Mega Millions' jackpot went up because no player matched all 5 lotto numbers plus the Mega Ball number drawn Tuesday night. The numbers drawn Tuesday night, October 12th, 2021 were 21-26-56-61-65 with Mega Ball number 04 and Megaplier X3.

Although the grand prize was not hit Tuesday evening, Mega Millions did produce some big winners. 9 third prize winning tickets were sold across the nation. These included 9 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000.

Other prizes won Tuesday night included 242 tickets that matched four white numbers and won $500. There were 627 tickets that correctly matched 3 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $200.

With 9 prize levels, there were 1,079,586 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 drawing.

Mega Millions is a consortium associated with 44 state lotteries. On average, 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back to the players through prize winnings. Roughly 15% goes to 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 uses a 5/70+1/25 system to randomly pick winning numbers. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners may choose one lump-sum cash payout option instead.

Compared with other Mega Millions states, all the nine prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This results in different prize amounts for equivalent winners sold in California when compared to those sold in other Mega Millions states. As an 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, California state lottery doesn't offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.

There were 58,713 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the CA Mega Millions payout highlights for the Tuesday night's drawing.

  • 1 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $30,060 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $2,478 to $50,788, with an average of $16,690 payout.
  • 40 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $428 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $257 to $843, with an average of $495 payout.
  • 99 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $196 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $98 to $276, with an average of $200 payout.

To find out if you are one of the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Tuesday, October 12th, 2021's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold.

  • Detailed Draw Results For California



Tue Oct 12, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S.
Numbers MatchedPrizes# Winners
5 of 5 + Megaball$73,000,0000
5 of 5$1,000,0000
4 of 5 + Megaball$10,0009
4 of 5$500242
3 of 5 + Megaball$200627
3 of 5$1014,900
2 of 5 + Megaball$1014,130
1 of 5 + Megaball$4115,873
Megaball Only$2300,688


Tue Oct 12, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of California
Numbers MatchedPrizes# Winners
5 of 5 + Megaball$73,000,0000
5 of 5$2,255,0960
4 of 5 + Megaball$30,0601
4 of 5$42840
3 of 5 + Megaball$19699
3 of 5$102,157
2 of 5 + Megaball$111,860
1 of 5 + Megaball$415,294
Megaball Only$239,262


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