Mega Millions player wins $1.5 million in California. Where was lucky ticket sold?

A Mega Millions player in California won $1,512,372, just missing the $497 million jackpot, lottery officials said.

The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Mega Ball with a 2x multiplier in the drawing Tuesday, Sept. 30, California Lottery officials said.

California adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.

The lucky ticket was sold at Village Wine & Spirits in Ventura, which is about 70-mile drive northwest from Los Angeles.

The winning numbers were 4, 8, 27, 37 and 63 with a Mega Ball of 14, the lottery said.

Mega Millions jackpot rises

Nobody won the grand prize, which now rises to an estimated $520 million, with a cash option of approximately $240.1 million, for the next drawing Friday, Oct. 3, the national Mega Millions site said.

More than 330,000 other tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $10 to $50,000 in the drawing, the lottery said.

The Mega Millions jackpot was last hit June 27, when a Virginia player won the $348 million grand prize, lottery officials said.

What to know about Mega Millions

To score the jackpot in the Mega Millions, a player must match all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball. The odds of scoring a jackpot prize are 1 in 290,472,336.

Tickets cost $5 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state.

Drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.

Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

This story was originally published October 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM.