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Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot increases to $533,000,000; Two tickets matched the first five numbers
Updated: Saturday, March 7, 2026 01:43 AM
Tuesday's Mega Millions game jackpot rised up to $533,000,000, because no player matched all 6 winning numbers drawn Friday night. The lump-sum cash payout for Tuesday stands at a projected $$244.2 million. Friday's $496,000,000 is the total payout - before taxes - if the prize is taken in annual installments. The winning numbers from Friday, March 6th, 2026 drawing were 08-19-26-38-42 with Mega Ball 24 and Megaplier .
While the jackpot was not hit Friday evening, Mega Millions had some big winners. There were two lucky tickets matched all 5 numbers but missed Mega Ball number, which won the 2nd prize. The two lucky ticket(s) bought in , each won $1,000,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
Additional prizes won Friday night included 9 tickets that matched four white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Additional prizes won Friday night included 245 tickets that matched four white numbers and won $500. There were 642 tickets that correctly matched 3 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $200.
With nine prize levels, there were a total of 688,696 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, March 6th, 2026 drawing.
Mega Millions is a consortium involving 44 state lotteries. It holds the record biggest jackpot of $656 million in North American lottery history. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Mega Millions uses a 5/70+1/25 matrix from which winning numbers are chosen. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay $1 extra to purchase the Megaplier, which multiplies the original winnings 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The overall chances of winning is about 1 to 14. The odds of winning Mega Millions jackpot 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 may choose one lump-sum cash payout instead.
Not like other Mega Millions states, all the 9 prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This results in different amounts of prize for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other forty three jurisdictons. By way of example, the 2nd Mega Millions prizes is $1,000,000 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 doesn't have Megaplier like other Mega Millions participants.
There were 147,125 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the CA Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 3 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $12,451 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $2 to $59,857, with an average of $14,103 payout.
- 75 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $572 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 $524 payout.
- 259 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $184 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 $204 payout.
Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Friday, March 6th, 2026's drawing: - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Mar 06, 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 | 9 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 245 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 642 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 14,790 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 12,682 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 95,369 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 220,609 |
| Fri Mar 06, 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 | $12,451 | 3 | | 4 of 5 | $572 | 75 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $184 | 259 | | 3 of 5 | $8 | 6,293 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $9 | 5,607 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $6 | 40,637 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 94,251 |
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Next Draw: Tue Mar 10, 2026
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