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No one won the jackpot last night. Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot leaps to $173,000,000
Updated: Saturday, May 24, 2025 12:53 AM
The lottery official announced that the Friday, May 23rd, 2025, Mega Millions drawing resulted in a carry over, creating an $173,000,000 grand prize for the next drawing Tuesday. The cash value stands at an estimated $$75.7 million. The winning numbers from Friday night, May 23rd, 2025 were 07, 18, 40, 55, 68 and the Mega Ball was 18, Megaplier was .
Though the grand prize was not awarded Friday evening, Mega Millions did produce some big winners. A total of 5 lucky players won the third prize. These included 5 tickets that matched 4 white numbers in addition to the Mega Ball and won $10,000.
Other prizes won Friday evening included 121 tickets that matched four white ball numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 351 tickets that matched 3 white numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $200.
With nine prize tiers, there were 432,942 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Friday, May 23rd, 2025 drawing.
Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game offered in 44 participating states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. It holds the record largest jackpot in North American lottery history. On average, 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back to the players in prizes. Approximately 15% goes to commission of retailers and lottery operation expenses. Around 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the participating states. To play Mega Millions, pick 5 numbers from 1 to 70 and choose a Mega Ball number from a set of 25. The chances of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The chances of matching 6 Mega Millions numbers are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize starts at $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners can choose one-time lump sum cash payout instead.
Not like other Mega Millions states, all the nine prize tiers of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, as opposed to non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This causes different prize amounts for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other states. For example, the second 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, California state lottery does not have Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 86,856 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the CA Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 5 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $9,471 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $1,470 to $54,869, with an average of $14,693 payout.
- 39 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $686 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $165 to $922, with an average of $479 payout.
- 140 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $212 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $75 to $338, with an average of $203 payout.
Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Friday, May 23rd, 2025's drawing: - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri May 23, 2025 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 | 5 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 121 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 351 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 8,231 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 7,568 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 59,381 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 140,814 |
| Fri May 23, 2025 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 | $9,471 | 5 | | 4 of 5 | $686 | 39 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $212 | 140 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 3,322 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $11 | 2,790 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $7 | 23,595 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 56,965 |
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