8/27/2025 – It has been almost five months since the new Mega Millions® launched last April, and Tuesday night’s drawing produced the second-highest player winnings in a single drawing since that time – more than $10.8 million! There were two Match 5 prize-winning tickets in the August 26 drawing – one sold in Mississippi for $2 million and one in Florida for $3 million. Winning tickets at all other prize levels totaled more than $5.8 million.
In the new $5 version of Mega Millions, a random multiplier is now included with every purchase, multiplying the base prize by 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X or 10X. The game features a significant increase in prizes compared to the previous $2 game – since the relaunch, more than $239 million in prizes have been won across all non-jackpot prize tiers and multiplie