On a $1 play, Match 5 + Mega number wins the jackpot, an estimated $63 million (odds 1 in 41,416,353). Match 5 wins a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 1,592,937), Match 4 + Mega number a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 197,221), Match 4 a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 7,585), Match 3 + Mega number a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 4,810), Match 3 a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 185), Match 2 + Mega number a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 361), Match 1 + Mega number a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 74) and Match Mega number only a pari-mutuel prize (1 in 49). 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 number: you need 3 numbers, which wins a pari-mutuel prize. With the Mega number, 2 numbers win a pari-mutuel prize, 1 number wins a pari-mutuel prize and the Mega number alone wins a pari-mutuel prize.

The odds of winning any prize are 1 in 23.49. Match 5 + Mega number wins the jackpot, an estimated $63 million, odds 1 in 41,416,353.

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. Any prize can be claimed by mail.