California MEGA Millions Results, Intelligent Picks, Lotto Wheels

Find below a list containing the latest 10 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 Sep 23, 2016	01 05 08 25 62	14
	Tue Sep 20, 2016	02 22 34 62 72	02
	Fri Sep 16, 2016	13 21 28 34 40	15
	Tue Sep 13, 2016	06 15 17 39 56	15
	Fri Sep 09, 2016	01 34 43 44 63	11
	Tue Sep 06, 2016	25 37 58 69 75	08
	Fri Sep 02, 2016	22 28 41 46 60	03
	Tue Aug 30, 2016	28 32 41 51 71	11
	Fri Aug 26, 2016	10 11 31 41 44	14
	Tue Aug 23, 2016	02 07 46 61 66	01

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The grand prize in the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game has been increased to $25 million. The cash value will be a projected $16.8 million. The prize amount was rolled over because nobody matched all six winning numbers in Friday's $20 million drawing. The next Mega Millions lottery drawing is Tuesday night. The winning numbers from Friday, September 23rd, 2016 drawing were 01, 05, 08, 25, 62 with Mega Ball number 14 and Megaplier x3. The Mega Millions jackpot has been rolling over for 310 draws since Friday, October 4th, 2013.A single lucky winner from Maryland walked away with $189 million grand prize in Tuesday, October 1st, 2013 drawing.

Although the grand prize was not hit Friday evening, some players still walked away with huge pile of cash. There were 2 lucky tickets correctly matched all 5 white ball numbers but missed Mega Ball number, which won the second prize. The 2 lucky ticket(s) purchased in California(1) and Pennsylvania(1), each won $250,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.

Additional major winners Friday evening included 40 tickets that matched four white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Other winners Friday night included 498 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $150. 1789 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $150.

With nine different ways to win, there were a total of 2,048,208 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, September 23rd, 2016 drawing.

Mega Millions lottery is played in 43 states and Washington DC. It holds the record biggest jackpot in United States lottery history. Mega Millions drawings are held 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 except jackpot. The chances of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The odds of winning Mega Millions jackpot are 1 to 258,890,850. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is 12 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 26 equal annual payments. Winners can select one-time lump sum cash payout instead.

In contrast to other Mega Millions states, all the nine prize tiers of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, as opposed to non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This causes different prize amounts for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other states. One example is, the 2nd Mega Millions prizes is $250,000 could pay the winner over $1000,000 due to the pari-mutuel payout system of California lottery. For the same reason, CA state lottery doesn't offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions participants.

There were 117,973 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 $166,823 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 5 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $82,730 to $2,333,142, with an average of $702,014 payout.
• 3 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Mega Ball and won $4,221 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Mega Ball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $1,483 to $27,771, with an average of $7,390 payout.
• 79 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $224 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $216 to $823, with an average of $527 payout.
• 225 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Mega Ball and won $38 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Mega Ball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $27 to $64, with an average of $50 payout.

To find if you are one of the California Mega Millions top prize winners in Friday, September 23rd, 2016's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold.

• 5/5 Ticket
• Super Store
• 8021 Foothill Bl
• Sunland Ca 91040

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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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