Every draw, every dollar: see whether Idaho’s Jan. 20 tickets turned pocket change into life-changing cash and how close the next jackpot is to a record run.
The Idaho Lottery completed its full slate of nightly and daily draws on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, producing a new set of winning numbers across five games. While no Idaho ticket matched all six Mega Millions numbers for the third consecutive drawing, the state’s in-house games delivered multiple straight and box winners, pushing total prize payouts above $410,000 for the session according to preliminary internal tallies.
Mega Millions: Jackpot Climbs Again
Tuesday’s national drawing produced the combination 08-47-50-56-70 with a gold Mega Ball of 12. The Megaplier was 3×. Because no ticket matched all six numbers nationwide, the top prize rolls to an estimated $303 million ($141.3 million cash) for Friday’s draw, the largest annuity total since a $1.13 billion run ended in March 2024. Idaho sold two Match 5 tickets worth $1 million each—one in Ada County and one in Twin Falls County—both narrowly missing the Mega Ball, Idaho Lottery data show.
Pick 3 & Pick 4: Doubles Deliver for Players
Idaho’s most-played draw games rewarded bettors who chased repeating digits. The midday Pick 3 came out 1-6-7; the evening draw repeated the digit 1 and produced 1-5-5, triggering a higher-than-average $176,000 in straight and 6-way box payouts. Pick 4 mirrored the pattern: the daytime sequence 7-1-2-0 paid out roughly $89,000, while the night draw 5-7-1-3 added another $95,000 in prizes, lottery systems indicate.
Lucky For Life: $25,000-a-Year Ticket Sold in Nampa
Five white balls—06-09-28-41-45—plus a Lucky Ball of 08 created an instant annuity winner. A ticket purchased at a Nampa convenience store matched the first five numbers, locking in $25,000 a year for life. The winner has 180 days to decide between the lifetime stream or a $390,000 cash buy-out. Only six such second-tier prizes have been claimed in Idaho since the game launched in 2014, historical records show.
Idaho Cash: In-State Jackpot Resets
The 5/45 matrix produced 01-05-11-35-45, but no player matched all five. The $190,000 top prize therefore rolls to an estimated $225,000 for Wednesday night, still well below the game’s record $1.84 million hit in Boise last August. Four tickets matched four of five numbers for $200 each, keeping the odds-friendly game on pace to award roughly $4.2 million in prizes this fiscal year.
Calendar: When the Next Drawings Take Place
- Powerball – 8:59 p.m. MT Monday, Wednesday, Saturday; jackpot $164 million
- Mega Millions – 9:00 p.m. MT Tuesday, Friday; jackpot $303 million
- Pick 3 & Pick 4 – 1:59 p.m. (day) and 7:59 p.m. (night) MT daily
- Lucky For Life – 8:35 p.m. MT Monday, Thursday; top prize $1,000 a day for life
- Idaho Cash – 8:00 p.m. MT daily; rolling jackpot $225,000
Claiming Deadlines & Tax Notes
Winners have 180 days from the draw date to redeem tickets at any Idaho Lottery office or by mail. Prizes above $600 trigger automatic federal withholding of 24 percent and Idaho state withholding of 6.925 percent. Annuity prizes such as Lucky For Life must be claimed in person at lottery headquarters in Boise; the first payment is processed within two weeks of claim approval.
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