According to the lottery, a California player matched all six numbers to claim the Mega Millions jackpot of $1,269,000,000 in Friday night’s drawing.
The winning numbers drawn Friday, December 27, 2024 are 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and the Mega ball is 6. The Megaplier multiplier is 3X.
In addition to the jackpot, 3 tickets (Arizona, Missouri, Texas) matched all five white balls that won $1,000,000 each. And 2 California players got $787,543 prizes.
There were also 106 tickets nationwide that won $10,000 prizes, 28 tickets won $30,000 prizes, and 23 tickets (California) won $9,487 prizes.
Nationwide, the U.S. – Mega Millions drawing produced more than 5,600,000 winning tickets, with players winning lower-tier cash prizes worth a combined $36.3 million.
These are the prize payouts for all states that play Mega Millions combined, along with the prize values for each prize tier, with and without the “Megaplier” on Fri, Dec 27, 2024:
| Match | Winners | Prize | Megaplier Winners | Megaplier Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O O O O O | O | 1 | 1,269,000,000 USD | X | X |
| O O O O O | 5 | 1,000,000 USD | 0 | 3,000,000 USD |
| O O O O | O | 157 | 10,000 USD | 28 | 30,000 USD |
| O O O O | 3,582 | 500 USD | 674 | 3,000 USD |
| O O O | O | 9,368 | 200 USD | 1,777 | 600 USD |
| O O O | 234,168 | 10 USD | 44,050 | 30 USD |
| O O | O | 200,145 | 10 USD | 37,494 | 30 USD |
| O | O | 1,549,764 | 4 USD | 290,866 | 12 USD |
| | O | 3,694,110 | 2 USD | 689,299 | 6 USD |
The jackpot has a cash value of $549.7 million, before taxes.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot ever was won in August 2023 by a single ticket in Florida, worth $1.58 billion.
These are the five largest Mega Millions jackpots in the game’s history:
| Rank | Jackpot Prize | Draw Date | Winners |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$ 1.58 Billion | 08/08/2023 | Florida |
| 2 | US$ 1.537 Billion | 23/10/2018 | South Carolina |
| 3 | US$ 1.35 Billion | 14/01/2023 | Maine |
| 4 | US$ 1.337 Billion | 29/07/2022 | Illinois |
| 5 | US$ 1.269 Billion | 27/12/2024 | California |
Before Friday’s win, the jackpot had been swelling, since the last time someone won the top prize on September 10, 2024.
Mega Millions is offered in 43 US States, in the District of Colombia and in the U.S Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 for one play. Players must match all five numbers plus the Mega ball number to claim the jackpot. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
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The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday, December 31, 2024 ’s drawing rolls back to $20,000,000 with a cash option of $9 million.
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