The top five jackpots are not all won in one state. In May 2013, 84-year-old Gloria C. Mackenzie from Zephyrhills, Florida, won the $1 million jackpot. Two tickets in Georgia and California shared the $22 million jackpot on Dec. 17, 2013. Steve Tran and Ira Curry claimed tickets from both states. In November, 2012, the $1 million jackpot was split among three winning tickets in Missouri, Illinois, and California. Merle and Patricia Butler from Red Bud, Illinois, claimed the winning ticket for the state of Illinois.
Another lottery with a huge jackpot is Spain’s El Gordo, also known as The Fat One. This game offers a PS2 billion jackpot, making it the world’s biggest lottery by total prize money. Though other lotteries offer higher top prizes, the El Gordo is still considered the world’s largest lottery game, thanks to its PS2 billion first prize. But even if the jackpot is not the biggest, the game is still fun to play and attracts players.
Another top lottery is SuperEnalotto, a Spanish lottery with a PS2 billion jackpot. The prize is worth more than PS2 billion, and remains a record for almost two years. The next two top jackpots in the world are the EuroMillions and the American Powerball. The first of these is EUR200 million. It was the first time a lottery’s jackpot cap exceeded EUR190 million, and the second came in February 2020.
Other top lottery winners include the US Powerball and Australia’s Powerball. The US lottery pays out US$65 million in its December 2020 Superdraw, which is equivalent to around EUR200 million. The winning ticket is sold by one player and contains random numbers. The second largest jackpot is in Brazil, awarded by Mega Sena in its New Year Superdraw. It was split between two winners. This makes it the largest lottery prize in the world.
The biggest jackpots are usually won in multi-state lotteries. The EuroJackpot jackpot, which can be worth up to EUR90 million, has been won in Florida on several occasions. In December 2020, a Finnish syndicate won EUR92 million. The winning ticket was purchased by 50 players. The prize included secondary prizes worth up to EUR2 million. Aside from the MegaMillions, the second-biggest lottery in the world is the Brazilian Mega Sena, which awarded the highest prize ever.
The Colombia Baloto lottery is the largest in the world. In March of this year, it was the biggest lottery in the world, with a prize of US$65 million. The winning ticket was a single ticket, and the winner remains anonymous. The MegaMillions is a popular lottery in South Africa. Its biggest jackpot is the MegaMillions prize in the US. In January, the MegaMillions in Australia, the biggest prize is the Powerball.
The biggest jackpot in Asia is RMBY 570 million, equivalent to USD92 million. In the US, the MegaJackpot has the biggest jackpots in the world. The US Powerball’s winnings are worth around US$60 million. In Europe, the EuroJackpot is one of the largest lottery in Asia. Its prize is paid out to a single winner, not to the entire country. The winner has the right to choose the prize amount.
The Colombia Baloto jackpot was equivalent to US$65 million. The lucky winner purchased a single ticket and chose a random set of numbers. Brazil’s Mega Sena lottery won the second largest jackpot in January 2016 with a $1.586 billion prize. The winning ticket won a prize that was split between three winners. The biggest prize won in a lottery is determined by how many tickets were sold. Some countries have bigger jackpots than others, while others have smaller ones.
The biggest jackpots in the US are not split evenly. The most recent prize of AU$150 million was split among three winners in New South Wales, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The lottery’s largest jackpot in the US was won by a single ticket in September 2012 and was split among six states. It was split among the cheapest tickets in the world, averaging $2.50 ticket. Despite the high prize amount, it was divided among five winning tickets.
