Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $533,000,000 Tuesday night; Two tickets won the second prize

Texas Mega Millions News and Payout for Friday, March 6th, 2026 Drawing

Friday night's Mega Millions game drawing has yielded no jackpot winner for the $496,000,000 grand prize. With nobody matched all six numbers in Mega Millions game , Tuesday night's drawing is going to be worth an estimated $533,000,000 for a single winner. The lump-sum cash payout will be an estimated $$244.2 million. The winning numbers drawn Friday night, March 6th, 2026 were 08-19-26-38-42 with Mega Ball 24 and Megaplier X.

Although there was no jackpot winner Friday evening, some players still walked away with big money. There were two lucky players that correctly matched the first 5 numbers and won the second prize. The two second prize winning ticket(s) bought in won a quarter million dollar cash each.

Other prizes won Friday evening included 9 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000. In addition, 245 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $500. There were 642 tickets that matched 3 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $200.

With 9 different prize levels, there were a total of 688,696 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, March 6th, 2026 drawing.

Mega Millions is a consortium of 44 state lotteries. Mega Millions drawings occur 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. The chances of winning are about 1 to 14. The chances of matching all six Mega Millions numbers are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions advertised jackpot is 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners can choose one time lump-sum cash payout option instead.

There were 61,956 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the Texas Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday, March 6th, 2026's drawing.

• 2 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $10,000 each.
• 26 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $500 each.
• 59 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $200 each.
• 1229 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $10 each.
• 1030 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Megaball and won $10 each.
• 8265 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Megaball and won $4 each.
• 19149 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 2026-03-06 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Megaball Jackpot 0 5 of 5   2 4 of 5 + Megaball   9 4 of 5   245 3 of 5 + Megaball   642 3 of 5   14,790 2 of 5 + Megaball   12,682 1 of 5 + Megaball   95,369 Megaball Only   220,609 Texas MEGA Millions Payout 2026-03-06 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 26 3 of 5 + Megaball $200.00 59 3 of 5 $10.00 1,229 2 of 5 + Megaball $10.00 1,030 1 of 5 + Megaball $4.00 8,265 Megaball Only $2.00 19,149 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