One ticket hit 71,000 California Fantasy 5 jackpot in Thursday night's drawing

A single ticket sold matched all five winning numbers in the Thursday, December 25th, 2025 drawing, and now players are checking their tickets to see who won the estimated 71,000 grand prize. The numbers from Thursday, December 25th, 2025 night's drawing were 05-17-20-29-38. The jackpot winner is encouraged to sign the ticket, place it in a safe place and contact California State lottery officials as soon as possible.

Together with the grand prize awarded on Thursday, more people walked away with huge pile of cash. There were 79 lucky winners matched 4 out of the five winning numbers, which won the 2nd prize. The 79 lucky winning ticket(s) which matched Matched 4 Of 5 Numbers numbers would win $428 cash. In the past year, the second prize payout ranged from $167 to $636 with an average payout in the amount of $396.

Additional major winners Thursday evening included 2,560 tickets that matched 3 of the 5 winning numbers and won $16. The 2,560 lucky third prize winning ticket(s) would win $16 cash. In the past year, the third prize paid the lowest $10 and highest $18 with an average payout in the amount of $14.

With nine different prize tiers, the Thursday night's drawing produced 31,482 winning tickets across the state of California.

The next CA Fantasy 5 drawing, Friday night, December 26th, 2025, will feature a jackpot of 78,000.

California Fantasy 5 drawings occur everyday at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time. To play California Fantasy 5, choose five numbers from a set of 39 numbers. The chances of winning any prizes of California Fantasy 5 is about 1 to 9. The odds of winning California Fantasy 5 grand prize are 1 in 575,757. The minimum California Fantasy 5 grand prize starts at $50,000. If nobody wins the top prize, the first prize pool fund will be added to the next jackpot.

Thu Dec 25, 2025 California Fantasy 5 Payout
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
Matched 5 Of 5 Numbers	$59,124	1
Matched 4 Of 5 Numbers	$428	79
Matched 3 Of 5 Numbers	$16	2,560
Matched 2 Of 5 Numbers	Free Play	28,842

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