{"id":465859,"date":"2026-09-16T18:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465859\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T18:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:28:20","slug":"ca-lottery-winning-mega-millions-ticket-sold-in-fresno-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465859\/","title":{"rendered":"CA Lottery: Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Fresno County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One lucky lottery player scored big after buying a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calottery.com\/en\/draw-games\/mega-millions#section-content-1-3:~:text=Prize%20Amount:-,$44,080,-4%20Numbers\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">winning Mega Millions ticket<\/a> in the Fresno area, according to lottery officials.<\/p>\n<p>The Mega Millions player matched four white balls and the gold Mega Ball in the drawing on Tuesday, Sept. 15, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calottery.com\/\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California State Lottery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The lottery player won $44,080.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know:<\/p>\n<p>Where was winning lottery ticket sold in Fresno County?<\/p>\n<p>The winning Mega Millions ticket was purchased at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cvs.com\/store-locator\/clovis-ca-pharmacies\/10-shaw-avenue-clovis-ca-93612\/storeid=9801\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CVS Pharmacy,<\/a> 10 Shaw Ave. in Clovis, according to a California State Lottery spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>What were the winning Mega Millions numbers?<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calottery.com\/en\/draw-games\/mega-millions\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">winning numbers in Tuesday\u2019s Mega Millions drawing<\/a> were 27, 36, 43, 57, 58 with a Mega Ball of 16, according to the California State Lottery.<\/p>\n<p>What is the current Mega Millions jackpot?<\/p>\n<p>As of Wednesday, Sept. 16, the Mega Millions jackpot was at $244 million, with a cash option of $103 million.<\/p>\n<p>When is the next Mega Millions drawing?<\/p>\n<p>Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket sales close at 7:45 p.m. on the day of the draw.<\/p>\n<p>The next drawing is at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18.<\/p>\n<p>How to play Mega Millions lottery game<\/p>\n<p>It costs $5 a ticket to play Mega Millions.<\/p>\n<p>Pick five numbers between 1 and 70, plus a Mega number between 1 and 24.<\/p>\n<p>Alternately, you can select Quick Pick or ask the cashier for a Mega Millions Quick Pick, and the random number generator will choose numbers for you.<\/p>\n<p>To play the same numbers in up to 10 consecutive drawings, select the Advance Play option.<\/p>\n<p>The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are about one in 290 million.<\/p>\n<p> Loading\u2026<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/316841195\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gagandeep Singh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Gagandeep Singh is a service journalism reporter for The Fresno Bee. He holds a master\u2019s degree in politics and global affairs from Columbia University. Prior to working at The Bee, he worked as a freelancer for CalMatters, BBC News and the Los Angeles Times. He focuses on migration, education, criminal justice and the South Asian diaspora in California.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One lucky lottery player scored big after buying a winning Mega Millions ticket in the Fresno area, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-465859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}