One ticket won 70,000 California Fantasy 5 jackpot in Thursday night's drawing

A single lucky ticket matched all 5 winning numbers Thursday and walked away with the 70,000 grand prize. The numbers from Thursday night, March 26th, 2026 were 02 17 18 26 35. The grand prize winner is encouraged to sign the ticket, put it in a secure place and contact California lottery officials as soon as possible.

In addition to the jackpot hit on Thursday, March 26th, 2026, a lot more people took home with huge prizes. There were 95 lucky players correctly matched 4 out of the five white ball winning numbers and won the 2nd prize. The 95 winning ticket(s) won $416 cash each. In the past 12 months, the second prize payout ranged from $167 to $636 with an average payout in the amount of $394.

Other prizes won Thursday night included 3,318 tickets that matched three of the 5 winning numbers and won $14. The 3,318 lucky third prize winning ticket(s) would win $14 cash. In the past 12 months, the third prize payout ranged from $9 to $18 with an average payout $14.

With nine different prize tiers, the Thursday night's drawing generated 39,216 winning tickets across California.

The upcoming CA Fantasy 5 drawing, Friday, March 27th, 2026, will feature a jackpot of 79,000.

California Fantasy 5 drawings occur every night at 6:30 PM Pacific Time. To play California Fantasy 5, choose five numbers from 1 to 39. The overall chances of winning of California Fantasy 5 is about 1 to 9. The odds of matching 5 California Fantasy 5 numbers are 1 in 575,757. The minimum California Fantasy 5 jackpot is $50,000. If no ticket wins the jackpot, the first prize pool fund will be added to the next jackpot.

Thu Mar 26, 2026 California Fantasy 5 Payout
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
Matched 5 Of 5 Numbers	$66,271	1
Matched 4 Of 5 Numbers	$416	95
Matched 3 Of 5 Numbers	$14	3,318
Matched 2 Of 5 Numbers	Free Play	35,802

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