The jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions drawing soars to $266,000,000

Texas Mega Millions lottery News and Payout for Tuesday, January 20th, 2026 Drawing

Friday's Mega Millions lottery jackpot is going to be worth $266,000,000 (cash value $$120.8 million), since nobody hit all five white ball numbers and the Mega Ball number in Tuesday night's drawing. The winning numbers from Tuesday, January 20th, 2026 drawing were 08-47-50-56-70 with Mega Ball number 12 and Megaplier x. The Mega Millions jackpot has been rolling over for 86 draws since Friday, March 28th, 2025.One lucky player from IL won the $344 million top prize in Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 drawing.

Even though the jackpot was not awarded Tuesday evening, Mega Millions did produce some big winners. 5 3rd prize winning tickets were sold nationwide. These included 5 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000.

Additional prizes won Tuesday evening included 125 tickets that matched four white numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 380 tickets that matched 3 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $200.

With nine different ways to win, there were a total of 478,204 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Tuesday, January 20th, 2026 drawing.

Mega Millions is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 participating states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Mega Millions lottery uses a 5/70+1/46 matrix from which winning numbers are chosen. The overall chances of winning any prizes are about 1 to 14. The chances of matching 6 Mega Millions numbers are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot starts at $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly payments. Winners may select one time lump sum cash payout instead.

There were 53,407 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the Texas Mega Millions payout highlights for the Tuesday, January 20th, 2026's drawing.

• 11 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $500 each.
• 41 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $200 each.
• 669 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $10 each.
• 679 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Megaball and won $10 each.
• 5539 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Megaball and won $4 each.
• 14272 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 2026-01-23 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Megaball Jackpot 0 5 of 5   2 4 of 5 + Megaball   8 4 of 5   100 3 of 5 + Megaball   387 3 of 5   8,753 2 of 5 + Megaball   8,072 1 of 5 + Megaball   68,828 Megaball Only   181,966 Texas MEGA Millions Payout 2026-01-23 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 1 4 of 5 $500.00 13 3 of 5 + Megaball $200.00 34 3 of 5 $10.00 827 2 of 5 + Megaball $10.00 739 1 of 5 + Megaball $4.00 6,221 Megaball Only $2.00 16,400 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