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No one matched all 6 numbers last night. Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot increases to $130,000,000
Updated: Saturday, August 22, 2026 01:29 AM
The lottery official announced that the Friday, August 21st, 2026, Mega Millions drawing resulted in a rollover, generating an $130,000,000 grand prize for the next drawing Tuesday. The lump-sum cash payout will be $$55.5 million. The numbers drawn Friday night, August 21st, 2026 were 01-25-34-48-57 and the Mega Ball was 24, Megaplier was .
While there was no grand prize winner Friday evening, Mega Millions had some big winners. A total of 1 lucky winners won the third prize. Among them, 1 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000.
Other prizes won Friday evening included 112 tickets that matched 4 lotto numbers and won $500. There were 302 tickets that matched three white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and also won $200.
With nine different prize levels, there were a total of 441,588 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, August 21st, 2026 drawing.
Mega Millions is a consortium of 44 state lotteries. Around 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back towards the players in prize winnings. Roughly 15% goes to commission of retailers and lottery operating costs. Approximately 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the member states. Mega Millions drawings are held 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. The odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The chances of matching all six Mega Millions numbers are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions advertised jackpot is 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners can select one time lump sum cash payout option instead.
As opposed to other Mega Millions participants, all the 9 prize tiers of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, instead of non-jackpot prize having a set value. This leads to different prize amounts for equivalent winning tickets sold in California when compared to those sold in other 43 jurisdictons. As an example, the second 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 does not have Megaplier like other Mega Millions participants.
To find out if you are one of the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Friday, August 21st, 2026's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Aug 21, 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 | 1 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 112 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 302 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 7,353 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 7,249 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 58,671 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 147,106 |
| Fri Aug 21, 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 | $0 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $765 | 32 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $225 | 121 | | 3 of 5 | $11 | 2,846 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 2,917 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $7 | 22,173 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 56,033 |
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Next Draw: Tue Aug 25, 2026
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Change: +$17,000,000 |
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