The biggest lottery win in every state

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 13:42

Charles W. Jackson Jr. is introduced as the winner of the $344.6 million Powerball jackpot on June 4, 2019. — Charles W. Jackson Jr. of North Carolina is introduced as the winner of the $344.6 million Powerball jackpot on June 4, 2019.
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The biggest lottery jackpot ever won, a huge prize of $2.04 billion, was in California in 2022.
A New Jersey winner just set a Mega Millions jackpot record: an estimated $1.13 billion.
In 2019, a North Carolina man won $344 million after using numbers from a fortune cookie.

A Mega Millions lottery ticket winner in New Jersey just set a record for the biggest jackpot in the state and what could be the fifth-largest jackpot in the history of Mega Millions.