A single player in JackpotWinners walked away with $800,000,000 Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday night's drawing

Texas Mega Millions News and Payout for Tuesday, July 28th, 2026 Drawing

A single lucky ticket in JackpotWinners matched all 6 numbers in the Tuesday drawing and won the $800,000,000 grand prize. The numbers from Tuesday, July 28th, 2026 drawing were 34-48-49-59-70 and the Mega Ball was 12, Megaplier was . The winner can either take a cash option worth $344.2 million before taxes, or choose to receive 30-year annuity option with annual payment about $30.77 million before taxes. The jackpot winner is highly suggested to sign the ticket, place it in a secure place and get in touch with lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the chance to choose the cash value of the jackpot while claiming the prize. If the winner doesn't make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.

Together with the jackpot won on Tuesday, many more players walked away with huge pile of cash. There were 2 lucky tickets correctly matched the first 5 numbers but missed Mega Ball number, which won the second prize. The 2 second prize winning ticket(s) sold in will collect a quarter million dollar cash each.

Also, 15 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. Other prizes won Tuesday night included 349 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $500. There were 917 tickets that matched 3 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $200.

With nine different ways to win, there were a total of 1,291,987 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Tuesday, July 28th, 2026 drawing.

The next TX Mega Millions lottery grand prize is estimated at $50,000,000 for Friday, July 31st, 2026. The cash option stands at $$21.5 million.

Mega Millions lottery is played in 43 states and D.C. It holds the record highest jackpot of $656 million in U.S. lottery history. Mega Millions uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/46 (Mega Balls) system to randomly pick winning numbers. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend 1 extra dollar to purchase the Megaplier option, which multiplies the prizes 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot starts at $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly payments. Winners can choose one time lump-sum cash payout instead.

There were 89,660 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the Texas Mega Millions payout highlights for the Tuesday, July 28th, 2026's drawing.

• 28 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $500 each.
• 79 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $200 each.
• 1822 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $10 each.
• 1883 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Megaball and won $10 each.
• 14966 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Megaball and won $4 each.
• 38686 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 2026-07-28 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Megaball Jackpot 1 JackpotWinners 5 of 5   2 4 of 5 + Megaball   15 4 of 5   349 3 of 5 + Megaball   917 3 of 5   20,966 2 of 5 + Megaball   20,770 1 of 5 + Megaball   166,182 Megaball Only   436,792 Texas MEGA Millions Payout 2026-07-28 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 0 4 of 5 $500.00 28 3 of 5 + Megaball $200.00 79 3 of 5 $10.00 1,822 2 of 5 + Megaball $10.00 1,883 1 of 5 + Megaball $4.00 14,966 Megaball Only $2.00 38,686 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