That was a short run.
The Mega Millions jackpot has been won again weeks after the $983 million jackpot was won in Georgia on Nov. 14.
Tuesday’s jackpot is the sixth Mega Millions jackpot won so far in 2025.
This was the shortest jackpot run since August 2023, when a Florida ticket won a $39 million prize just two drawings after another Florida ticket won a game record $1.602 billion, according to a Mega Millions news release. That $39 million prize went unclaimed.
Here are the Tuesday, Dec. 2 Mega Millions winning numbers: 7, 25, 26, 53 and 60. The gold Mega Ball was 16. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated estimated $90 million prize with $41.9 million option.
One ticket sold in New Jersey won the jackpot in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing Dec. 2, and there were no Match 5 winners.
The Multiplier is randomly assigned, and increases non-jackpot prizes two, three, four , five or 10 times.
The next drawing is Friday, Dec. 5, at 11 p.m. ET.
Friday’s jackpot is estimated to be $50 million with a cash option of $23.3 million.
Drawings are every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot won on a single ticket is a $1.602 billion prize won in Florida on Aug. 8. Other large single-ticket Mega Millions prizes have been $1.537 billion won in South Carolina on Oct. 23, 2018; $1.348 billion won in Maine on Jan. 13, 2023; $1.337 billion won in Illinois on July 29, 2022, and $1.050 billion won in Michigan on Jan. 22, 2021.
Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play. There are nine ways to win a prize, from the jackpot to $2. Players can pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers: five different numbers from the white balls numbered 1-70 and one number from the gold balls numbered 1-25.5 + 1 = Jackpot.5 + 0 = $1 million.4 + 1 = $10,000.4 + 0 = $500.3 + 1 = $200.3 + 0 = $10.2 + 1= $10.1 + 1 = $4.0 + 1 = $2.
You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing. You can pick your lucky numbers or select Easy Pick or Quick Pick and have the numbers auto-drawn. If you can’t decide, the Mega Millions website has a random number generator.
You can play Mega Millions in 47 localities: 45 states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. To find locations, search the Mega Millions website.
In Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, you can buy a Mega Millions ticket at gas stations, convenience stores and supermarkets until 10:45 p.m. on drawing night.
In Kentucky, residents can also purchase tickets online at kylottery.com.
In Ohio, residents can use the Lottery Card available in Kroger, Buehler’s Fresh Foods and Giant Eagle stores. It allows Ohio consumers to enter draw games on their phones and be notified and paid electronically if they win.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are about 1 in 290 million.
The overall chance of winning any prize is 1 in 23.