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U.S.|Here Are the 10 Biggest U.S. Lottery Jackpots Ever
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Two winning tickets will split the $1.787 Powerball jackpot drawn on Saturday. Changes to Powerball and Mega Millions have led to increasingly large jackpots in recent years.
Sept. 7, 2025, 12:57 a.m. ET
Two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas won the Powerball jackpot drawing on Saturday night. The owners of the tickets will split $1.787 billion, the second-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history, according to Powerball.
Huge jackpots have become increasingly common in the multistate Mega Millions and Powerball lottery drawings because of changes to the games over the years and higher ticket prices.
Between the two lotteries, more than a dozen jackpots in the United States have surpassed $1 billion since 2016.
In 2024, there were three jackpots over $1 billion: an estimated $1.13 billion Mega Millions prize claimed by a winning ticket in New Jersey in March, and a $1.33 billion Powerball jackpot won on April 7 by a ticket sold in Oregon. In December, a Mega Millions ticket sold in California won a $1.22 billion jackpot.
Here’s a look at the 10 biggest U.S. jackpots ever.
1. $2.04 billion
The largest lottery jackpot to date, a Powerball drawing, was won on Nov. 7, 2022. The ticket was sold at Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, Calif., just north of Pasadena.
On Feb. 14, 2023, California Lottery officials revealed the name of the winner, Edwin Castro, but did not release further information about him at his request.
