In total, each of 11 office pool members (ranging in age from 21 to 60) showed up to the Lottery's East Bay District Office in Hayward the day after the July 24 draw." Roland Reyes claimed the incredible prize on behalf of the winning ticket pool, "but he didn't show up alone. $543m ( Mega Millions)Ī single ticket sold in California matched all six numbers drawn on July 24, 2018, with the grand prize at $543 million prize ($320,543,095 cash option).
One ticket matched all six numbers on July 8, 2016.Īt the time, the jackpot was the third largest in the history of the game. $536m ( Mega Millions)Ī winning ticket in the estimated $540 million Mega Millions drawing was sold in Indiana. were the first nations to offer the game when it first started in February 2004, and eight months later Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland joined. The EuroMillions tickets are available in nine European countries. The new millionaire has remained anonymous but Euromillions has confirmed that the winner purchased their ticket online in German-speaking Switzerland and that he or she purchased two tickets at a total cost of CHF 7 ($7.56). Read more Couple Wins $145M, Plans to Give It AwayĪ ticket holder from Switzerland scooped the entire top prize on February 26, 2021. SuperEnalotto jackpots are never capped and winnings are taxed at 20 percent on the excess over 500 euros. It is the second highest lottery win in Europe.Īccording to lottery officials, the winning ticket was purchased for €1 ($1.16) at a local shop Bar Marino in Via Cavour 46, Lodi, near Milan. One lucky player won €209 million when their ticket matched all the numbers in the August 2019 SuperEnalotto draw in Italy. Here are the 18 biggest lottery wins ever. But unlike in the U.S., European jackpots are often tax-free, meaning winners take home the full sum. In the United States, the biggest lottery games, Powerball and Mega Millions, are in a league of their own when compared to other lotteries around the world.
The largest lottery jackpot ever played for was more than twice that amount and could have made an individual winner among the world's wealthiest people, with a bank balance to rival Michael Jordan and Kanye West. A Powerball player won a $685 million jackpot last weekend, making them one of the biggest prize winners of all time.
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