$435.3 Million Powerball (Indiana)
Just a few months ago, on February 22, 2017, a $435 million Powerball ticket was sold in Lafayette, Indiana. The fortunate winner has decided to stay anonymous, with the estimated cash value of the prize being $263.4 million. Quite impressive, I must say.
$448.4 million Powerball (three winning tickets)
Next up, the Powerball jackpot of $448.4 million was won by three lucky ticket holders on August 7, 2013. Mario Scarinci from South Brunswick, engineer Paul White from Minnesota, and 16 Ocean County employees were the winners. They split the cash value of $258.2 million.
$487 million Powerball (New Hampshire)
A family from New Hampshire won the $487 million powerball jackpot on July 30, 2016. To keep their identities a secret, their attorneys collected the prize at the lottery's headquarters. They opted for the cash option of $341.7 million, taking home $253.3 million after federal taxes.
$536 Million Mega Millions (Indiana)
A Mega Millions ticket worth $536 million was sold at a Speedway in Cambridge City, Indiana on July 8, 2016. The fortunate winners, a married couple with children, established a limited liability company to collect their prize. They opted to remain anonymous and chose a cash payout, receiving $373.8 million after taxes. This is the largest cash value ever awarded for a Mega Millions ticket.
$1.58 Billion Powerball (Two Winning Tickets)
The largest prize ever won in a lottery competition was a staggering $1.58 billion. On January 13, 2016, three lucky winners from Tennessee, California, and Florida purchased the tickets for this astonishing jackpot. Lisa and John Munford were the only winners who publicly claimed their prize, as not every winner wanted to reveal their identity. The Florida-based winner claimed their prize as The Nickel 95 Trust. Each winner took home $327.8 million before taxes, for a total cash value of $983.5 million. Buying lottery tickets definitely paid off well for them!
$656 Million Mega Millions (three winning tickets)
On March 30, 2012, the biggest Mega Millions jackpot in history was won, with three winning tickets sharing a prize of $656 million. Among the winners were three friends who were employees of Maryland public schools: a woman in her 20s, a man in his 40s, and a woman in her 50s. The other two winning tickets were sold in Kansas and Illinois. The total cash value of the jackpot was $474 million, which was divided among all the winners.
$648 Million Powerball (Two Winning Tickets)
On December 17, 2013, the next prize on our list, with a cash value of $347.6 million, was divided between two winners. Steve Tran, a delivery driver from North Carolina, was one of the lucky winners, and Ira Curry from Georgia was the second winner. Each of them received over $120 million after taxes.
$590.5 Million Powerball (Florida)
An 84-year-old woman named Gloria MacKenzie from Florida made headlines when she became the winner of the fourth largest lottery prize in history. What made her win even more remarkable was that she didn't have to share the jackpot, which was the largest ever won in the lottery. On May 13, 2013, Gloria MacKenzie played the lottery and emerged as the lucky winner of a staggering sum of 370.9 million dollars in cash. Even after paying her taxes, she still received over $278 million as her prize money.
$587.5 Million Powerball (Two Winning Tickets)
Cindy and Mark Hill, residents of Missouri, along with Matthew Good, who hails from Arizona, were the fortunate winners of the astonishing Powerball prize on November 28, 2012. This colossal jackpot amounted to a cash value of $384.7 million, a sum that would suffice for the majority of individuals, wouldn't it?
564.1 Million Powerball (Three Winning Tickets)
Three fortunate winners, including Marie Holmes from North Carolina, as well as winners from Puerto Rico and Texas, were able to share a staggering $381.1 million in cash after winning the enormous Powerball jackpot on February 11, 2015.
