The Largest Powerball Jackpots in History

The Largest Powerball Jackpots in History

The US Powerball is America’s best loved lottery and sparked massive interest in 2016 with jackpots reaching $1.58 billion.

US Powerball is the world’s most popular lottery!

The world’s largest lottery jackpot reached $1.58 billion on the US Powerball. Ticket sales reached hundreds of millions throughout America. However many Canadian, Latin American, European, Asian, African and Australian players from all over the globe also purchased tickets from outside America and you can too here at Welovetto.


The world’s largest lottery jackpots!

  • January 2016 – The world’s largest lottery jackpot of $1.586 billion was shared between three US Powerball tickets.
  • May 2013 – The world’s largest single ticket jackpot was $590.5 million ($607 million today) sold in Florida. Gloria C. MacKenzie, 84, purchased the “quick pick” ticket at a Publix supermarket.
  • December 2002 – Jack Whittaker of Putnam County, West Virginia, won $314.9 million ($419 million today). This set a new record for a single ticket in any American lottery.
  • October 2005 – The West family of Jacksonville, Oregon won $340 million ($417 million today).
  • February 2006 – A jackpot of $365 million ($434 million today) was won by a single ticket in Nebraska. It was shared by eight people who worked at a meatpacking plant.
  • August 2007 – A jackpot of $314 million ($363 million today) was won by a retired auto worker from Ohio. That ticket was bought in Richmond, Indiana. Richmond had previously sold a jackpot winning ticket of over $200 million.
  • November 2011 – Three financial executives from Connecticut won $254.2 million ($271 million today). The jackpot at that time was the 12th largest in Powerball history.

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