Mega Millions: December 5, 2025 results

To win huge millions
To win Mega Millions, you only need to match one of the six numbers (Infobae/Jovani Pérez)

Have you played the lottery? Huge millions And want to know if you are a winner? Here we leave you all the results of the latest draw.

Withdrawal date: Friday, December 5, 2025.

a result: 34 38 42 44 69 8.

The multiplier:-1

Mega Millions holds two drawings a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, where you can win millions of dollars.

You do not have to be a US citizen or resident of the United States to participate in the Mega Millions Lottery, you only need to be of legal age in the jurisdiction where the ticket was purchased to participate.

The time available for you to claim the winning prize varies depending on local rules and regulations and can range from 90 days to one year from the date of the draw. To find out the maximum time to claim a prize, check with the lottery in the state in which the winning ticket was purchased.

Mega Millions draws
Mega Millions holds its millionaire drawing every Tuesday and Friday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

To play Mega Millions you have to choose six numbersThe first five must be between 1 and 70, without repetition. The sixth number must be one between 1 and 25.

If you don’t know which combination to choose, you can let Mega Millions choose at random for you.

To get the Mega Millions jackpot, The choice must match each of the six numbers in the draw. but, You can win from the first draw. The more numbers you get, the bigger your prize.

Mega Millions prizes range from $2 to several million dollars.

The price of each Mega Millions game is $2, which you can redeem by hitting one of the six numbers in the drawing.

If you win the jackpot, Mega Millions has two options for collecting it: The first is In cash, make one payment of the total amount Obtained in your draw; The second is through Annuities provide a single payment followed by annual payments for 29 yearsEach batch is 5% larger than the previous batch.

Mega Millions began on August 31, 1996 as “The Big Game.” The first drawing was held on September 6, 1996, and only six states participated.

Initially, drawings were held only on Fridays, and did not also begin being held on Tuesdays until 1998. The following year, New Jersey became the seventh member state, followed by Ohio, Washington, New York, and California.

In 2002, the game changed its name from Big Game to Mega Millions and in 2010, all 45 US states were part of the drawing, as well as the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.

On March 30, 2012, Mega Millions made history with the world’s largest prize in any game to date: $656 million. The grand prize was divided into three parts.

The lottery industry record stood for nearly four years until it was surpassed first by Powerball jackpot win worth $1,586 billion in January 2016 and then on November 8, 2022 when the same Powerball handed out $2,400 million.

The largest prize awarded in Mega Millions history Its value was $1,602 million, and it was taken by someone from Florida in August 2023.

A few months ago, in January of the same year, this lottery awarded another of its largest prizes: $1.348 million, to a lucky man from Maine.

The last big jackpot awarded by Mega Millions came in March 2024 when someone from New Jersey won $1.28 million.