No jackpot winning ticket sold last night. Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $113,000,000 Friday

Texas Mega Millions lottery News and Payout for Tuesday, August 18th, 2026 Drawing

The Mega Millions multi-state lottery jackpot increased to $113,000,000 (lump-sum cash payout $$48.3 million) Friday night when there were no jackpot winners in the $100,000,000 drawing, lottery officials said. The numbers from Tuesday night, August 18th, 2026 were 05, 19, 30, 38, 59 and the Mega Ball was 12, Megaplier was . The Mega Millions grand prize has been rolling over for 146 draws since Friday, March 28th, 2025.The last jackpot was won by one lucky ticket sold in IL, matched all six numbers for a $344 million top prize.

Though the grand prize was not awarded Tuesday evening, some players still walked away with big money. A total of 4 lucky players won the 3rd prize. Among them, 4 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000.

Other prizes won Tuesday evening included 120 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 460 tickets that matched 3 white numbers in addition to the Mega Ball and won $200.

With 9 different ways to win, there were 478,934 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Tuesday, August 18th, 2026 drawing.

Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game can be played in 44 member states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. It holds the record biggest jackpot of $656 million in North American lottery history. About 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back to the players through prizes. Roughly 15% goes to commission of retailers and lottery operating costs. Roughly 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the member states. Mega Millions game uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/46 (Mega Balls) system to randomly choose winning numbers. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize starts at 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners can select one-time lump-sum cash payout instead.

There were 53,701 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the Texas Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Tuesday, August 18th, 2026's drawing.

• 1 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $10,000 each.
• 10 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $500 each.
• 36 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $200 each.
• 790 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $10 each.
• 777 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Megaball and won $10 each.
• 6018 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Megaball and won $4 each.
• 13873 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 2026-08-18 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Megaball Jackpot 0 5 of 5   0 4 of 5 + Megaball   4 4 of 5   120 3 of 5 + Megaball   460 3 of 5   8,776 2 of 5 + Megaball   8,599 1 of 5 + Megaball   66,870 Megaball Only   154,638 Texas MEGA Millions Payout 2026-08-18 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 10 3 of 5 + Megaball $200.00 36 3 of 5 $10.00 790 2 of 5 + Megaball $10.00 777 1 of 5 + Megaball $4.00 6,018 Megaball Only $2.00 13,873 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