These are the Biggest Lottery Wins in Each State
Biggest Lottery Wins in Each State
Ever wonder what the biggest lottery winners are in each Winever state? Today, we are breaking down stories of the biggest lottery wins in the states Lotto.com is live in.
Arkansas
If you won the largest jackpot in Arkansas history on April Fools Day, you would think someone was playing a joke on you. This was no laughing matter. On April 1, 2017, a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $177 million was sold in Stuggart. The winners chose to remain anonymous.
Colorado
In September of that same year (2017), a Colorado woman, 67, won $133.2 million with the same numbers she had been playing for 30 years. Her longtime lucky numbers were for the birthdays of her family members. Jodi proves that persistence is key in Powerball!
Minnesota
In the summer of 2011, a Minnesota married couple met with a financial advisor to review their retirement funds. With the state of the stock market at the time, they were told things “didn’t look so good.”. Lucky for them, the couple won the largest Powerball jackpot ticket in Minnesota history the same week, worth nearly $229 million!
New Jersey
Imagine winning the largest Mega Millions jackpot in New Jersey history on your first try. That is precisely how it happened for this winner, a Vernon, New Jersey resident. On an ordinary afternoon in 2018, this winner stopped to grab a bottle of Coke at a gas station.
He never thought that adding the Mega Millions ticket would result in a huge $513 million victory! Richard used his winning to take care of his family, retire from his job at AAK Food Service, and donate to charity.
New York
If you can believe it, the winning ticket for the largest jackpot in New York City history was sold at a pizza place! A patron came into Pronto Pizza on West 48th Street in midtown Manhattan for a slice of pepperoni and left with a Mega Millions ticket worth $432 million. Pronto Pizza had sold at least three tickets worth over a million dollars.
Ohio
On December 17th, 2019, just a week before Christmas, a lucky Ohio resident got the ultimate Christmas present: a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $372 million. December 17th must be an auspicious day.
On the same day in 2013, the third largest prize in Mega Millions history was split between two winners. With December 17th approaching, it may be time to press your luck and order a ticket. You, too, could have the chance to win this holiday season.
Oregon
Speaking of holiday-time wins. In 2005, Just ten days before Halloween, a Powerball ticket worth $340 million was sold in Jacksonville, the town famous for the Gold Rush. The winnings from this golden ticket went to two couples who pooled their money together to buy $40 worth of Powerball tickets, turning their $40 into $340 million!
Texas
Rounding our list of Winever winners is the largest jackpot win in Texas history. Just over a month ago, on October 6th, 2023, a ticket worth $360 million was sold in San Angeleno. While the numbers had no sentimental meaning behind them (the winner used the Quick Pick feature), they proved lucky.
Our jackpot winner wasn’t the only person to win. October 6th proved to be a lucky day for 74,167 other Texans who won prizes ranging from $2 to $10,000. This historic win marks the 14th Mega Millions jackpot winner in Texas but the first since 2019.
That wraps up our biggest Winever winner lists. Who knows, the next historic jackpot win will be through Lotto.com! For the chance to have your own historic win, order on Lotto.com or download our apps: Apple, Google, Galaxy, and Android.
