We’ve always envisioned winning the lottery and dreamed about how we would spend the lump sum. We want to make sure you keep up with the largest Powerball jackpots so you know when to purchase the ticket! Did you know that the Florida Lottery keeps track all of the winners and tickets on their website? You might wonder why you haven’t been winning on your favorite tickets lately and it could be because some of them are harder to win than others. Playing can be super fun and exciting but you want to make you pick a ticket that has better odds to win.
Why playing the Powerball Jackpot is fun:
Most scratch off tickets are usually impulse buys, depending how they look or where they’re placed but it’s smarter to make it a financial decision. The thrill of playing a scratch-off lottery ticket and uncovering a potential prize is what makes these tickets so exciting. It doesn’t matter if it’s a small or large life-changing jackpot, the suspense keeps players coming back. Also, most of the games are easy to figure out. By making the game simple, it keeps it accessible for people of all ages and backgrounds. They offer various themes and designs for all the different scratch-off tickets, which can promote popular brands or even events. One of their favorite add-ons is the puzzles and bonus games on the ticket. It seems to add an extra layer of entertainment while scratching off the game.
So with the help of the Florida Lottery website, we can go through and find out which tickets to buy. We always want to know what’s still left to win and what’s already gone whether it’s a scratch off or regular Mega Millions ticket. Below is a list of the 10 largest Powerball lottery jackpots in history. Scroll down to check them out!
10. $590.5 million: May 18, 2013 (Florida)
Gloria Mackenzie, 84, won the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot at the time. She turned in her ticket more than two weeks after the $590.5 million Powerball winning numbers were announced.
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9. $632.6 million: Jan. 5, 2022 (California, Wisconsin)
The winners split the $632.6 million jackpot with the option of $450.2 million cash option.
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8. $687.8 million: Oct. 27, 2018 (Iowa, New York)
The huge $687.8 million jackpot was won by two Powerball players and at the time making it the third-largest prize in the game’s history.
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7. $699.8 million: Oct. 4, 2021 (California)
A single ticket sold in California was the winner of a Powerball jackpot at almost $700 million!
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6. $731.1 million: Jan. 20, 2021 (Maryland)
One winning ticket sold for $731.1 million jackpot was a cash value of $546.8 million.
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5. $754.6 million: Feb. 6, 2023 (Washington)
One ticket was the big winner out of Washington state winning $754.6 million Powerball jackpot for a cash value of $407.2 million.
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4. $758.7 million: Aug. 23, 2017 (Massachusetts)
Mavis Wanczyk, 53, was the largest single lottery jackpot of $758.7 million!
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3. $768.4 million: March 27, 2019 (Wisconsin)
Manuel Franco, who was a Wisconsin resident became the winner of the $768.4 million Powerball jackpot.
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2. $1.586 billion: Jan. 13, 2016 (California, Florida, Tennessee)
At the time it was the world’s biggest lottery jackpot! Winning over $1.5 billion was a three-way split of $528 million each.
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1. $2.04 billion: Nov. 7, 2022 (California)
California resident Edwin Castro was the only winner of the record-breaking jackpot $2.04 billion on Nov. 7, 2022.
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