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No jackpot ticket sold last night. Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $60,000,000 Tuesday night
Updated: Saturday, August 1, 2026 01:08 AM
The jackpot in America's favorite Mega Millions lottery is on the move. Since no player correctly hit all 5 lotto numbers plus the Mega Millions number in Friday's drawing, the jackpot will go to an estimated $60,000,000! The cash value will be an estimated $$25.5 million up for grab. The numbers drawn Friday night, July 31st, 2026 were 04-18-26-43-51 with Mega Ball number 04 and Megaplier . The Mega Millions jackpot has been growing for 141 draws since Friday, March 28th, 2025.One lucky player from IL walked away with $344 million jackpot in Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 drawing.
Though the jackpot was not awarded Friday evening, Mega Millions had some huge winners. A total of 3 lucky winners won the third prize. These included 3 tickets that matched 4 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000.
Additional prizes won Friday evening included 102 tickets that matched four white ball numbers and won $500. There were 393 tickets that matched 3 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $200.
With 9 ways to win, there were a total of 430,544 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, July 31st, 2026 drawing.
Mega Millions is a consortium of 44 state lotteries. It holds the record largest jackpot of $656 million in U.S. lottery history. About 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back on the players through prize winnings. Roughly 15% is used to as retailer commissions and lottery operating costs. Around 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating states. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. To play, select 5 numbers from 1 to 70 and select a Mega Ball number from a set of 25. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to buy the Megaplier option, which multiplies the original winnings 2 to 5 times but not grand prize. The odds of winning is about 1 to 14. The chances of winning Mega Millions jackpot are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize is 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly payments. Winners may select one time lump sum cash payout instead.
Unlike other Mega Millions participants, all the nine prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, instead of non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This leads to different amounts of prize for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other 43 jurisdictons. For example, the second Mega Millions prizes is a million dollar could pay the winner over $1000,000 due to the pari-mutuel payout system of California lottery. For the same reason, California state lottery doesn't offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 73,863 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 4 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $4,832 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $1,782 to $59,857, with an average of $13,877 payout.
- 58 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $383 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $185 to $1,234, with an average of $522 payout.
- 142 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $174 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $94 to $407, with an average of $208 payout.
Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Friday, July 31st, 2026's drawing: - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Jul 31, 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 | 3 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 102 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 393 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 8,157 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 7,861 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 59,919 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 138,837 |
| Fri Jul 31, 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 | $4,832 | 4 | | 4 of 5 | $383 | 58 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $174 | 142 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 2,800 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $9 | 2,777 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $6 | 20,471 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 47,611 |
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