Which games won the biggest lottery jackpot?

Year by year, more games are added to the top lottery games like Powerball and Megamillions lottery games, and now it is not easy to win the big jackpot. The Powerball and megamillions games have the biggest lottery winners to date. The biggest lottery jackpot ranges from $1.5 billion to $564 million.

Who won the biggest lottery jackpot?

The largest lotto jackpot was $1.59 billion. Three players won $1.59 billion in the Powerball game. Three lottery winners split the amount of the biggest lottery jackpot of $1.59 billion. These tickets were sold in California, Florida, and Tennessee.

Biggest lottery jackpot winners of all time

Here are the top 10 biggest lottery jackpots

  1. $1.586 billion (Powerball)
  2. $1.537 billion (Mega Millions)
  3. $768.4 million (Powerball)
  4. $758.7 million (Powerball)
  5. $687.8 million (Powerball)
  6. $656 million (Mega Millions)
  7. $648 million (Mega Millions)
  8. $590.5 million (Powerball)
  9. $587.5 million (Powerball)
  10. $564.1 million (Powerball)
  • $1.586 billion (Powerball)

It is one of the biggest lottery jackpot ever won in history. Three lottery winners won the largest lotto jackpot. These three players were from Florida, California, and Tennessee. One of them was only photographed, and others decided to protect their identity.

Marvin, the second lottery winner, was from California, and Mae Acosta, bought the ticket from a 7-eleven store. It is located in the chino hills. The last lottery winner was from Florida, and the lottery winner was “the Nickel 95 Trust”.

These three lottery winners choose the cash option before income taxes calculations.

  • $1.537 billion (Mega Millions)

The second lottery winner (1 winner) was from southern California. The lottery winner’s identity was protected. In South California, the lottery winner can stay anonymous if they want to. The law of south California helps with it.

The lottery winner of south California chose to take out the winning prize as a cash option. And the final amount was $878 million as check form.

  • $768.4 million (Powerball)

$768.4 million lottery winner Manual Franco was from Wisconsin. The draw was on March 27, 2019. Manuel Franco, the lottery winner, purchased the ticket from a speedway station in the Milwaukee suburb. This was the third-largest lotto jackpot in history.

Franko bought lottery tickets after work. He knew the lottery winning news from his co-workers that he won the lottery. He was in shock and couldn’t believe the news. The drawing day was March 27, and draw results were 16-20-37-44-62. He was in total excitement after seeing their numbers in the draw results.

  • $758.7 million (Powerball)

A lottery winner of $758.7 million was a hospital worker Mavis L. Wanczyk. She is 53-year-old from the US. She went to claim the biggest lottery jackpot on Thursday for an undivided single lottery. She told officials that she will do the rest now.

She got a lump sum payment of $480 Million or $336 million after-tax deduction.

  • $687.8 million (Powerball)

There were two winners of the $687.8 million biggest lottery jackpot. These two winners choose to get a lump-sum payment of $343.8 million and get $125 million after-tax deductions.

Two winning tickets were sold in New York, and two winners were announced for winning the biggest lottery jackpot of $687.8. Lerynne West, a 51-year-old grandmother, and 2nd winner, was 67-year old Robert Bailey, a retired government worker from Manhattan.

Lerynne West knew about winning after a couple of days because of some unexpected situations. She checked the numbers later, and she found that she has won the lottery.

Robert Bailey is from Manhattan. He opted for a lump sum payment prize of $343.8 million and an after-tax deduction. The amount was $125.3 million.

  • $656 million (Mega Millions)

There are three lottery winner who won the megamillions lottery of $656 million. Three winners got the same ticket as the jackpot. The winning amount was split between them. A woman was in her 20s, a man in his 40s, and a woman in her 50s won the lottery. Fifty years old women were working in Maryland’s public education system.

The other two players from Kansas and Illinois bought lottery tickets.

  • $648 million (Mega Millions)

The winner of the biggest lottery jackpot of $648 million has two winners. The winning amount was split between them. Another winner, Ira Curry, was from Georgia who won half the prize amount on 17 DEC 2013.

The other winner was Steve Tran, who was from northern California. He was from California. Curry chose the cash option, and she took a winning prize of $173 million. Because of taxes, a 6 percent amount was deducted. Curry received a winning price of $120 million.

  • $590.5 million (Powerball)

A resident of Florida, Gloria Mackenzie, an 84-year-old woman, won the $590.5 million. It was the largest lotto jackpot for a single person. This was a single winner, so that there was no sharing or splitting. After some tax deduction, she got $278 million.

  • $587.5 million (Powerball)

There were two winners of the $587.5 million Powerball lottery. Cindy and Mark split the amount of Powerball jackpot amount. This jackpot was drawn on November 28, 2012.

Matthew Good, a 37-year-old resident of Arizona, bought a ticket for the lottery.

  • $564.1 million (Powerball)

There were three winners of $564.1 million. Marie Holmes, A single mother, won the $564.1 million power ball jackpot. It was drawn in North California on February 11, 2015.

The other two winners were from Texas and Puerto Ricco, respectively. The amount was split between three winners.