If you ever dream of winning the lottery, you’re not alone. Millions of people around the world buy tickets every week in hopes of becoming an instant millionaire. While most lotto players don’t win big, there are a few who have made history with their enormous jackpots. Here are some of the biggest lottery wins of all time.
In 2016, the top spot for largest-ever jackpot was taken by three winning Powerball tickets worth $1.586 billion. The winners hailed from California, Florida, and Tennessee and each pocketed an astonishing $528 million before taxes. This incredible payout broke records worldwide and was the first billion-dollar jackpot to be split among multiple players in history.
In 2018, another major Powerball win took second place as one lucky ticket holder from Wisconsin won $768 million dollars – the highest single-ticket payout at that time. The winner chose to remain anonymous but is believed to have donated millions of dollars to charities and noble causes since then.
Third on our list is a Mega Millions win from 2012 where two ticket holders split a whopping $656 million dollar prize – each taking home more than half a billion dollars before taxes! The winners were from Maryland and Illinois and chose to stay anonymous as well.
Rounding up our list is another Mega Millions win from 2011 worth $648 million which was split between two ticket holders in California and Georgia respectively. They both opted for lump sum payments so their payouts were slightly lower than what they could have received if they had chosen annual payments instead.
Winning the lottery is life changing for many people and these four jackpots prove that it can also be quite lucrative! It just goes to show that if you buy tickets regularly, your luck might just turn around one day and make you an overnight millionaire!
