Mega Millions Numbers Are In for the $138 Million New Year’s Eve Draw
If you were holding a Mega Millions ticket on Tuesday night, December 30, this might be the moment you’ve been waiting for. The highly anticipated drawing for the estimated $138 million Mega Millions jackpot has officially taken place, and the winning numbers have now been released. For many players, tickets were double-checked, screenshots were taken, and a few deep breaths were probably held as those numbers were read out.
So here’s what everyone was looking for. The winning white ball numbers drawn on December 30, 2025, were 18, 69, 43, 49, and 63, with the gold Mega Ball being 6. Once the numbers were announced, the usual rush followed, as players across the country began comparing their tickets, hoping to see a perfect match.
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This jackpot had been steadily building since the last Mega Millions prize was claimed earlier in the month. On December 2, a single ticket holder from New Jersey walked away with a $90 million jackpot, resetting the prize pool and starting a new run. Since then, no jackpot winner had been confirmed, allowing the total to climb to Tuesday night’s $138 million figure.
Whether or not someone matched all six numbers on this draw is still being determined, as winning tickets need to be validated and verified. That process usually takes some time, so for now, the question of whether the jackpot was hit remains unanswered. What is certain, though, is that plenty of lower-tier prizes were likely claimed, especially with the built-in multiplier that now comes automatically with every $5 Mega Millions ticket. That multiplier can boost non-jackpot winnings by two, three, four, five, or even ten times, which has added a new layer of excitement to each draw.
For those who didn’t strike it big this time, there’s no long wait ahead. The next Mega Millions drawing is scheduled for Friday, January 2, with drawings held twice a week every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. Ticket sales deadlines vary by state, but in places like New York, tickets can be purchased in-store or online until 10 p.m. on the night of the draw.
As always, the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot remain extremely slim, sitting at about 1 in 290 million. Still, that hasn’t stopped millions of people from dreaming big, especially when jackpots reach nine figures. And with another drawing just days away, those dreams are already being renewed, one ticket at a time.
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