No jackpot-winning tickets were sold in Saturday’s Powerball drawing, but the next drawing on Monday is expected to see the top prize grow to nearly $2 billion.
Touted as the largest lottery jackpot ever won, the Jan. 13, 2016 Powerball drawing split a jackpot of nearly $1.6 billion among three lucky players.The largest prize ever won by a single ticket was awarded in the Oct. 23, 2018 drawing, with one lucky winner in South Carolina walking away with a cash prize of $877.8 million.
The second-largest single-ticket win ever, this jackpot was won on a ticket purchased at a Speedway gas station in Des Plaines earlier this year.One of only three lottery jackpots to exceed $1 billion, this ticket, sold in Michigan, paid the winner $776.6 million as a cash prize.These drawings round out the top ten:Oct. 2021: Powerball $699.8 million Mar. 2012: Mega Millions $646 million
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