Powerball jackpot reaches $1.1 billion
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The largest Powerball jackpot winner in Wisconsin was Miguel Franco, at the time a West Allis resident, who bought his ticket in 2019 at a gas station in New Berlin. That was for a $768.4 million Powerball jackpot. Franco received a lump sum payout of $477 million.
Oklahoma has seen several major lottery wins over the years. Here's a look at some of the biggest jackpots, including one claimed this fall.
A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in Beaver County sold a Powerball ticket worth $2 million for the Dec. 13 drawing, lottery officials said.
A lucky New Jersey lottery player has won $1 million after matching the five white balls in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing.
LANSING, MI -- The largest Lotto 47 jackpot ever has been won after it took nearly eight months for someone to win the game’s grand prize. On Saturday, Dec. 13, a player matched all six numbers drawn -- 02-03-12-15-16-33 -- to win a $32.91 million jackpot.
Mega Millions followed a similar path. Its first jackpot winner in 2002 took home $28 million. Its record prize — a $1.602 billion jackpot won on Aug. 8, 2023 — ranks as the fourth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
Thinking about buying a Florida Lottery ticket for Christmas? Or maybe a Powerball ticket for the $1.10 billion jackpot? See December winners.
The top prize in the Powerball lottery has surpassed $1 billion. Billion-dollar pots are becoming more common as more people buy tickets.