A California Lottery kiosk machine is pictured ahead of an $800 million drawing on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in San Francisco. A player in Florida matched the six drawn numbers to win the $800 million jackpot. During the 38 drawings that rolled over the jackpot to $800 million, Mega Millions says there were nearly 10.9 million winning tickets sold and total non-jackpot prizes of more than $273 million. Mega Millions Tax BreakdownLast night’s Mega Millions winner won’t actually receive $800 million paid out over 29 years or the one-time cash option of $344.2 million, as both amounts are before federal taxes. Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot was the game’s third jackpot won this year, with the jackpot hitting on March 10 ($536 million, winning ticket sold in Illinois) and on March 17 ($60 million, winning ticket sold in Ohio).