Enormous Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs Friday night

Texas Mega Millions News and Payout for Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 Drawing

With no winner in the last drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot will be worth a projected $743,000,000 (cash value $$323.4 million) the next time the multistate lottery is drawn on Friday. The amount rolled over because no one matched all 5 white ball numbers and the Mega Ball number to win the $707,000,000 grand prize Tuesday night. The numbers drawn Tuesday night, July 21st, 2026 were 25-37-59-68-70 with Mega Ball 10 and Megaplier X. The Mega Millions grand prize has been growing for 138 draws since Friday, March 28th, 2025.The last jackpot was won by a single ticket sold in IL, matched all six numbers for a $344 million top prize.

While the grand prize was not hit Tuesday evening, Mega Millions had some big winners. There were two 2nd prize winning tickets from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, matching all 5 lotto numbers except the Mega Ball number. The two second prize winning ticket(s) sold in will collect a quarter million dollar cash each.

Other prizes won Tuesday night included 11 tickets that matched 4 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Additional prizes won Tuesday night included 237 tickets that matched four white ball numbers and won $500. There were 735 tickets that matched three white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $200.

With 9 different ways to win, there were a total of 979,002 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 drawing.

Mega Millions is a consortium associated with 44 state lotteries. Roughly 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players in prizes. Around 15% goes to retailer commissions and lottery operating costs. Approximately 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the member lottery states. Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to buy the Megaplier, which multiplies the original prizes 2 to 5 times but not jackpot. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners can select one time lump-sum cash payout option instead.

There were 73,501 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the TX Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Tuesday, July 21st, 2026's drawing.

• 2 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $10,000 each.
• 27 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $500 each.
• 78 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $200 each.
• 1428 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $10 each.
• 1315 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Megaball and won $10 each.
• 10559 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Megaball and won $4 each.
• 27896 ticket(s) matched Megaball Only and won $2 each.
• 30000 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball with multiplier purchased and won $0 each.
• 1500 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 with multiplier purchased and won $0 each.
• 600 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball with multiplier purchased and won $0 each.
• 30 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 with multiplier purchased and won $0 each.
• 30 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Megaball with multiplier purchased and won $0 each.
• 21 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Megaball with multiplier purchased and won $0 each.
• 15 ticket(s) matched Megaball Only with multiplier purchased and won $0 each.

U.S.A. MEGA Millions Payout 2026-07-21 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Megaball Jackpot 0 5 of 5   2 4 of 5 + Megaball   11 4 of 5   237 3 of 5 + Megaball   735 3 of 5   16,610 2 of 5 + Megaball   15,508 1 of 5 + Megaball   126,838 Megaball Only   329,560 Texas MEGA Millions Payout 2026-07-21 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Megaball Jackpot 0 5 of 5 $1,000,000.00 0 4 of 5 + Megaball $10,000.00 2 4 of 5 $500.00 27 3 of 5 + Megaball $200.00 78 3 of 5 $10.00 1,428 2 of 5 + Megaball $10.00 1,315 1 of 5 + Megaball $4.00 10,559 Megaball Only $2.00 27,896 With Megaplier Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 Free Ticket 0 4 of 5 + Megaball Free Ticket 30,000 4 of 5 Free Ticket 1,500 3 of 5 + Megaball Free Ticket 600 3 of 5 Free Ticket 30 2 of 5 + Megaball Free Ticket 30 1 of 5 + Megaball Free Ticket 21 Megaball Only Free Ticket 15