The latest Ohio winner claimed a $375 million jackpot on Dec. When it comes to the Mega Millions, only 25 states have claimed big jackpot winners, with New York's 37 mega-millionaires leading the way.Ĭalifornia is second with 31 and Ohio recently joined New Jersey in a third-place tie with 20. Pay out: Should you take your Powerball ticket jackpot as a lump sum or annual payments? Won the lottery?: How to turn your lucky winnings into an even bigger jackpot Virgin Islands – have yet to sell a ticket with six matching numbers.Īmazingly, five Powerball tickets have gone unclaimed, including a ticket worth $16 million purchased at a suburban Tampa convenience store in 2013. Just four states – Maine, North Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming – plus the U.S. 13, 2016, with winners from California and Tennessee. history, dividing the $1.58 billion prize on Jan. Missouri is second with 31 winners, followed by Minnesota at 22.įlorida has had 12 big winners, including a Melbourne Beach couple, Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt, who shared the biggest jackpot of any kind in U.S. With 39 winners, Indiana represents over 10% of all jackpot winners in this game. So, where does your state rank? Powerball Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, do play Powerball.
Six states – Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada and Utah – do not have state lotteries, and therefore do not sell Powerball or Mega Millions tickets.īut the other 44 states, plus Washington, D.C., the U.S. We tracked down where the luckiest states are for Powerball and Mega Millions, the two most popular national lottery games. Of course, buying a ticket in another state won't guarantee you luck, either. If you haven't come close to winning either the Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot, maybe it's time to change the location of where you buy your tickets.
The winner of the $2.04 billion jackpot took home $628 million in a lump sum payment after taxes.Watch Video: Here’s what you shouldn’t do if you win the lottery Winning either the Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot is a truly life-changing amount of money, but a fairly substantial proportion of the winnings will go on taxes. How much of a lottery jackpot goes on taxes? The following is a list of the highest jackpots to have been won in US history, assuming that the winner chose to accept the higher annuitized amount rather than the lower cash alternative. Both Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are paid out in 30 annual instalments. While the ‘jackpot’ figure often appears as a single lump sum payment, the reality is that most lotteries offer an annuitized jackpot in which the money is paid in a series of instalments. YOmdJqetxz- ABC News NovemThree jackpots of more than $1 billion have been won
BREAKING: A single ticket claims record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot.
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