On a $5 play, Match 5 + Mega Ball wins the jackpot, an estimated $385 million (odds 1 in 290,472,336). Match 5 wins a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 12,629,232), Match 4 + Mega Ball a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 893,761), Match 4 a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 38,859), Match 3 + Mega Ball a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 13,965), Match 3 a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 607), Match 2 + Mega Ball a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 665), Match 1 + Mega Ball a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 86) and Match Mega Ball only a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 35). In California, every prize below the jackpot is pari-mutuel: that prize's winners split a share of the prize pool, so it pays a different amount every drawing.

Not without the Mega Ball: you need 3 numbers, which wins a pari-mutuel prize. With the Mega Ball, 2 numbers win a pari-mutuel prize, 1 number wins a pari-mutuel prize and the Mega Ball alone wins a pari-mutuel prize.

The odds of winning any prize are 1 in 23.08. Match 5 + Mega Ball wins the jackpot, an estimated $385 million, odds 1 in 290,472,336.

California has no state tax on lottery winnings. 24% federal tax is withheld from prizes over $5,000.

Claim a California Lottery prize under $600 at any retailer or a district office and $600 or more at a district office, within 180 days of the drawing. Mega Millions jackpots have one year. Any prize can be claimed by mail.