The Powerball jackpot is now $730 million after nobody won the $640 million on Saturday. The new Powerball jackpot is now the fourth-highest in that game’s history, and it’s just 28 million dollars behind the next-highest prize ever won.
As ridiculously-large as both of those jackpots are, if you added them together, they’d still be just the second-highest jackpot for Powerball, and would barely be the top Mega Millions jackpot ever. Individually, they’re both still in the top five all-time jackpots of their respective games, though.
This brings up the question: What are the biggest lottery prizes from the two biggest games in the United States? Here are your answers for each game.
The top 10 Mega Millions Jackpots to date: Amount/Date/Winning Tickets
$1. 537 billion 10/23/2018 1-SC$850 million CURRENT JACKPOT$656 million 3/30/2012 3-IL, 1-KS, 1-MD$648 million 12/17/2013 2-CA, 1-GA$543 million 7/24/2018 1-CA$536 million 7/8/2016 1-IN$533 million 3/30/2018 1-NJ$522 million 6/07/2019 1-CA$451 million 1/5/2018 1-FL$414 million 3/18/2014 2-FL, 1-MD
Mega Millions is a multi-state lottery every Tuesday and Friday night, and it is one of America’s two biggest lottery jackpot games. Mega Millions jackpots start at $20 million, and other prizes pay from $1 million to $2 million or more with a Megaplier. Tickets are $2 per line, and odds of winning with a $2 Mega Millions ticket are one in 303 million. For more information on Mega Millions, or to check your past numbers, visit its website.
Tuesday night’s 01/19/21 jackpot is worth $850 million, with a cash-value option of $628.2 million.
Here are the all-time top Powerball jackpot prizes
$1.586 billion (01/13/2016) Winning tickets sold in California, Florida and Tennessee
$768.4 million (03/27/2019) Single ticket sold in Wisconsin
$758.7 million (08/23/2017) Single ticket sold in Massachusetts
$730 million — CURRENT JACKPOT
$687.8 million (10/27/2018) Two winning tickets were drawn, one sold in Iowa and one sold in New York
$590.5 million (05/18/2013) Single ticket sold in Florida
$587.5 million (11/28/2012) Two winning tickets were drawn, one sold in Missouri and one sold in Arizona
$564.1 million (02/11/2015) Winning tickets sold in Texas, North Carolina and Puerto Rico
Powerball is a multi-state lottery played every Wednesday and Saturday, and one of America’s two biggest lottery jackpot games. Powerball jackpots start at $20 million, and other prizes pay from $1 million to $2 million with a Power Play. Tickets are $2. You can check the numbers for tonight, or any past winning numbers, on the official Powerball website.
Wednesday night’s 01/20/21 Powerball jackpot is estimated at $730 million, with a cash option worth $546.0 million.
