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Friday's Mega Millions jackpot breaks to $743,000,000; Two second prize tickets sold
Updated: Wednesday, July 22, 2026 01:50 AM
The jackpot for Friday Mega Millions rolled up to $743,000,000 (cash option $$323.4 million) after no one matched all six winning numbers Tuesday night. The numbers from Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 drawing were 25, 37, 59, 68, 70 with Mega Ball 10 and Megaplier x. The Mega Millions jackpot has been growing for 138 draws since Friday, March 28th, 2025.One lucky player from IL won the $344 million jackpot in Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 drawing.
Though there was no jackpot winner Tuesday evening, Mega Millions had some huge winners. There were two lucky players that matched all 5 white ball numbers and won the 2nd prize. The two lucky ticket(s) sold in , each won $1,000,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
Additional prizes won Tuesday evening included 11 tickets that matched 4 white numbers in addition to the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Additional prizes won Tuesday evening included 237 tickets that matched 4 lotto numbers and won $500. 735 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.
With nine different ways to win, there were 979,002 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 drawing.
Mega Millions is a consortium involving 44 state lotteries. It holds the record highest jackpot of $656 million in North American lottery history. Mega Millions drawings are held 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend $1 extra to buy the Megaplier, which multiplies the original winnings 2 to 5 times but not grand prize. The chances of winning is about 1 to 14. The odds of winning Mega Millions grand prize are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize starts at $40 million. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners can choose one lump-sum cash payout instead.
Contrary to other Mega Millions states, all the 9 prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, as opposed to non-jackpot prize having a fixed value. This results in different amounts of prize for equivalent winning tickets sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other forty three 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, CA state lottery does not offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
To find out if you are among the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Tuesday, July 21st, 2026's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue Jul 21, 2026 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $0 | 2 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 11 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 237 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 735 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 16,610 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 15,508 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 126,838 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 329,560 |
| Tue Jul 21, 2026 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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Next Draw: Fri Jul 24, 2026
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Change: +$36,000,000 |
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