A single player in JackpotWinners walked away with $90,000,000 Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday night's drawing

Texas Mega Millions News and Payout for Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025 Drawing

One of the tickets purchased in JackpotWinners for the TX Mega Millions lottery Tuesday night matched all 6 numbers drawn. The player matching all 5 numbers plus the Mega Ball won the $90,000,000 jackpot. The numbers from Tuesday night, December 2nd, 2025 were 17-25-26-53-60 and the Mega Ball was 16, Megaplier was . The holder of the winning ticket will now need to determine to either take the 30 annual payments with yearly payment about $3.46 million before taxes, or the one time cash lump-sum in the amount of $41.9 million before Uncle Sam's share is extracted. The grand prize winner is encouraged to sign the ticket, place it in a secure place and contact lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the chance to select 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.

Besides the jackpot awarded on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025, Mega Millions generated many more happy winners walked away with big money. There were a total of 2 3rd prize lucky winners. These included 2 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000.

Also, 106 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $500. 283 tickets matched 3 of the 5 lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.

With nine ways to win, there were a total of 368,439 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025 drawing.

The next Texas Mega Millions lottery drawing, Friday night, will feature a jackpot of $50,000,000 with cash option $$23.3 million.

Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game offered in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. It holds the record highest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. On average, 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players in prize winnings. About 15% is used to as commission of retailers and lottery operating costs. Around 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the participating states. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. To play Mega Millions, select 5 numbers from a set of 70 and choose a Mega Ball number from a set of 25. The minimum Mega Millions advertised jackpot is $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners may choose one time lump sum cash payout instead.

There were 49,532 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the Texas Mega Millions payout highlights for the Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025's drawing.

• 13 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $500 each.
• 26 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $200 each.
• 791 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $10 each.
• 600 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Megaball and won $10 each.
• 4631 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Megaball and won $4 each.
• 11275 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 2025-12-02 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Megaball Jackpot 1 JackpotWinners 5 of 5   0 4 of 5 + Megaball   2 4 of 5   106 3 of 5 + Megaball   283 3 of 5   7,695 2 of 5 + Megaball   6,239 1 of 5 + Megaball   49,462 Megaball Only   120,432 Texas MEGA Millions Payout 2025-12-02 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 13 3 of 5 + Megaball $200.00 26 3 of 5 $10.00 791 2 of 5 + Megaball $10.00 600 1 of 5 + Megaball $4.00 4,631 Megaball Only $2.00 11,275 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