The Powerball drawing for Saturday night is now worth $455 million dollars since there was no big winner on Wednesday night.

I get quite excited once the big prize climbs over $100 million. This latest jackpot puts it at #11 on our list of the biggest jackpots in U.S. history.

Here’s a list of the top prizes from the multistate games: Powerball and Mega Millions:

1. $1.6 billion Powerball January 13, 2016

2. $758 million, Powerball won August 24, 2018 by Mavis Wanczyk of Massachusets. She chose the lump sum payment of $480 million.

3. $656 million, Mega Millions, won March 30, 2012, by three tickets, sold in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas. Cash: $471 million

4. $648 million, Mega Millions, won Dec. 17, 2013, in Georgia and California. Cash: $347.6 million.

5. $590.5 million, Powerball, won May 18, 2013, in Florida. Cash: $370.9 million. Record for most cash collected by a single winner.

6. $587.5 million, Powerball, won Nov. 28, 2012, by two tickets, sold in Missouri and Arizona. Cash: $384.7 million

7. $564 million, Powerball jackpot was one by one ticket in New Hampshire in the drawing on Saturday, January 6, 2018.

8. $559.7 million Powerball, A single ticket was sold at Reeds Ferry Market in Merrimack, NH. The winning ticket holder wants to remain anonymous.

9. $543 million Mega Millions.  There was one winning ticket sold in California.

10. $536 million Mega Millions, a single ticket was sold in Indiana on July 8, 2016.

11. $487 million Powerball, winning ticket was sold in New Hampshire on July 30, 2016.

12. $470 million Mega Millions is up for grabs in the drawing on October 9, 2018.

13. $455 million, Powerball, winning ticket was sold in Pennsylvania on March 17, 2018.

14. $450 million, Mega Millions ticket was sold in Florida for the January 5th, 2018 drawing.

15. $448.4 million, Powerball, for Aug. 7, 2013, drawing, won by 3 tickets, 2 of them in New Jersey, one in Minnesota. Cash: $258.2 million.

16. $447.8 million Powerball had one winner. Jeff Lindsay of California, who bought his Powerball ticket with the funds from a winning scratch ticket on June 10, 2017.

17. $435 million Powerball was won on February 22, 2017.  An anonymous ticket holder in Indiana was the single winner.

18. $429.6 million Powerball winner from New Jersey. The ticket was held by the Smith family lottery pool. It was purchased on May 7, 2016.

19. $425.3 million Powerball jackpot was won by B. Raymond Buxton of California on February 19, 2014.

20. $420.9 million Powerball jackpot is won by a group of 20 longtime co-workers in Tennessee on November 26, 2016.

 

 

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