No jackpot ticket sold. Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot rises to $195,000,000

TX Mega Millions lottery News and Payout for Friday, May 1st, 2026 Drawing

The Mega Millions lottery grand prize has been pumped up to a projected $195,000,000 (cash option $$86.3 million) for the next drawing in the multistate lottery game Tuesday night. The grand prize amount has been carried over since nobody matched all 6 numbers to take the $178,000,000 jackpot Friday night. The numbers from Friday night, May 1st, 2026 were 16, 21, 27, 41, 61 and the Mega Ball was 24, Megaplier was . No one won the Mega Millions jackpot in the past 115 draws since Friday, March 28th, 2025.The last jackpot was won by a lucky ticket sold in IL, matched all six numbers for a $344 million top prize.

Though there was no grand prize winner Friday evening, Mega Millions had some big winners. There were a total of 4 third prize winners. These included 4 tickets that matched 4 white numbers in addition to the Mega Ball and won $10,000.

Other prizes won Friday night included 122 tickets that matched four white ball numbers and won $500. 374 tickets matched 3 of the 5 lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.

With 9 different prize levels, there were 470,027 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, May 1st, 2026 drawing.

Mega Millions is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 member states as a shared jackpot game. It holds the record largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Roughly 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back to the players in prizes. About 15% is used to as commission of retailers and lottery operating costs. Roughly 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating lottery states. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay $1 extra to purchase the Megaplier option, which multiplies the original prizes 2 to 5 times except jackpot. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners may select one-time lump sum cash payout instead.

There were 53,270 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the TX Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday, May 1st, 2026's drawing.

• 7 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $500 each.
• 27 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $200 each.
• 795 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $10 each.
• 720 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Megaball and won $10 each.
• 5593 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Megaball and won $4 each.
• 13932 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 2026-05-01 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Megaball Jackpot 0 5 of 5   0 4 of 5 + Megaball   4 4 of 5   122 3 of 5 + Megaball   374 3 of 5   8,569 2 of 5 + Megaball   8,022 1 of 5 + Megaball   63,016 Megaball Only   154,963 Texas MEGA Millions Payout 2026-05-01 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 7 3 of 5 + Megaball $200.00 27 3 of 5 $10.00 795 2 of 5 + Megaball $10.00 720 1 of 5 + Megaball $4.00 5,593 Megaball Only $2.00 13,932 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