Enormous Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs Tuesday night

TX Mega Millions lottery News and Payout for Friday, January 16th, 2026 Drawing

The grand prize in the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game has been rolled up to $250,000,000. The cash option will be a projected $$113.5 million up for grab. The prize amount was rolled over since no one matched all 5 lotto numbers plus the Mega Ball number in Friday's $230,000,000 drawing. The next Mega Millions game drawing is Tuesday night. The winning numbers from Friday night, January 16th, 2026 were 02, 22, 33, 42, 67 with Mega Ball 01 and Megaplier .

Even though the jackpot was not awarded Friday evening, Mega Millions had some huge winners. There were two tickets that correctly matched the first 5 white ball numbers and won the 2nd prize. The two second prize winning ticket(s) purchased in will collect a quarter million dollar cash each.

In addition, 11 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. Additional prizes won Friday evening included 131 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $500. There were 370 tickets that matched 3 white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and also won $200.

With 9 different ways to win, there were 465,404 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Friday, January 16th, 2026 drawing.

Mega Millions is a consortium associated with 44 state lotteries. It holds the record biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Mega Millions lottery uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/46 (Mega Balls) matrix to randomly pick winning numbers. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly payments. Winners may choose one time lump sum cash payout option instead.

There were 53,109 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the Texas Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Friday, January 16th, 2026's drawing.

• 1 ticket(s) matched 5 of 5 and won $1,000,000 each.
• 1 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $10,000 each.
• 8 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $500 each.
• 35 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $200 each.
• 876 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $10 each.
• 710 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Megaball and won $10 each.
• 5649 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Megaball and won $4 each.
• 13633 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 2026-01-16 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Megaball Jackpot 0 5 of 5   2 4 of 5 + Megaball   11 4 of 5   131 3 of 5 + Megaball   370 3 of 5   9,242 2 of 5 + Megaball   7,727 1 of 5 + Megaball   62,664 Megaball Only   152,555 Texas MEGA Millions Payout 2026-01-16 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Megaball Jackpot 0 5 of 5 $1,000,000.00 1 4 of 5 + Megaball $10,000.00 1 4 of 5 $500.00 8 3 of 5 + Megaball $200.00 35 3 of 5 $10.00 876 2 of 5 + Megaball $10.00 710 1 of 5 + Megaball $4.00 5,649 Megaball Only $2.00 13,633 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