A winner from JackpotWinners took $60,000,000 jackpot from the Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night

Texas Mega Millions News and Payout for Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 Drawing

One lucky winner in JackpotWinners is really a whole lot richer this morning after winning last night's Texas Mega Millions drawing valued at an estimated $60,000,000, officials with the multistate lottery stated. The winner matched all six numbers drawn to claim the grand prize. The numbers from Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 drawing were 04, 11, 18, 38, 50 with Mega Ball number 24 and Megaplier X. The holder of the winning ticket will now need to determine to either take the 30-installment annuity with annual payment in the amount of $2.31 million before taxes, or the one time cash lump-sum in the amount of $27.1 million before Uncle Sam's share is extracted. The winning ticket holder is highly suggested to sign the ticket, put it in a safe place and contact 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.

Along with the grand prize awarded on Tuesday, Mega Millions created a lot more pleased winners walked away with huge pile of cash. There were a total of 4 third prize lucky winning tickets. Among them, 4 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000.

Other winners Tuesday evening included 121 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers and won $500. There were 375 tickets that matched three white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and also won $200.

With nine ways to win, there were 194,889 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 drawing.

The next TX Mega Millions jackpot is estimated at $50,000,000 for Friday, March 20th, 2026. The cash option will be $$22.6 million.

Mega Millions game is played in 43 states and Washington DC. Mega Millions drawings occur 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend $1 extra to purchase the Megaplier option, which multiplies the winnings 2 to 5 times except jackpot. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot is $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners can choose one-time lump-sum cash payout option instead.

There were 48,173 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the TX Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Tuesday, March 17th, 2026's drawing.

• 10 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $500 each.
• 31 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $200 each.
• 686 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $10 each.
• 588 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Megaball and won $10 each.
• 4510 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Megaball and won $4 each.
• 10152 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 2026-03-17 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Megaball Jackpot 1 JackpotWinners 5 of 5   0 4 of 5 + Megaball   4 4 of 5   121 3 of 5 + Megaball   375 3 of 5   7,757 2 of 5 + Megaball   7,086 1 of 5 + Megaball   5 Megaball Only   0 Texas MEGA Millions Payout 2026-03-17 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 10 3 of 5 + Megaball $200.00 31 3 of 5 $10.00 686 2 of 5 + Megaball $10.00 588 1 of 5 + Megaball $4.00 4,510 Megaball Only $2.00 10,152 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