Previous lotteries in South Africa
The now defunct homeland of Ciskei established a lottery in 1984 and operated by Score-A-Lot. In 1991 Score-A-Lot was the first Lottery in Africa to operate Video Lottery Terminals (VLT) in Africa and the first totally cashless operation using smart card technology. After lengthy negotiations with South Africans «Department of Trade and Industry» (DTI) Score-A-Lot closed in Dec 2001
A lottery was established by decree in the former homeland of Transkei in 1989 and operated by Score-A-Lot. In 1991 Score-A-Lot was the first Lottery in Africa to operate Video Lottery Terminals (VLT) in Africa and the first totally cashless operation using smart card technology. After lengthy negotiations with South Africans «Department of Trade and Industry» (DTI) Score-A-Lot closed in Dec 2001
The Natal Lotto (also referred to as the KZN Lotto) was launched in the KwaZulu-Natal province in 1992.
During eight years of operation it raised R869 million and paid R345 million to charities and R448 million in prize money.
El Gordo[edit]
Spain’s Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad (Spanish Christmas Lottery) is generally considered to be the world’s largest lottery game, with the largest first prize/jackpot. In 2012, the first prize was €720 million (then US$941.8 million; $1.058 billion in 2020 dollars). The total prize pool in 2012 was €2.52 billion (US$3.297 billion; $3.704 billion in 2020 dollars). The tickets for this drawing have pre-printed five-digit numbers, with each set of numbers sold multiple times in series. For example, a ticket with the number «00001» was printed 180 times under different series numbers. Moreover, each series is divided into 10 décimos (tenths in English), which are the individual tickets available for purchase. This results in the top prize being split by a very big number of winners usually from different regions of Spain. The 2011 top prize of €720 million was paid out as €4 million (US$5.2 million) to each of the 180 tickets (or €400,000 for each décimo) with the number 58268. In 2016, the total prize pool was $2.310 billion (US$2.414 billion)
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El Gordo[]
Spain’s Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad (Spanish Christmas Lottery) is generally considered to be the world’s largest lottery game, with the largest first prize/jackpot. In 2012, the first prize was €720 million (then US$941.8 million; $1.058 billion in 2020 dollars). The total prize pool in 2012 was €2.52 billion (US$3.297 billion; $3.704 billion in 2020 dollars). The tickets for this drawing have pre-printed five-digit numbers, with each set of numbers sold multiple times in series. For example, a ticket with the number «00001» was printed 180 times under different series numbers. Moreover, each series is divided into 10 décimos (tenths in English), which are the individual tickets available for purchase. This results in the top prize being split by a very big number of winners usually from different regions of Spain. The 2011 top prize of €720 million was paid out as €4 million (US$5.2 million) to each of the 180 tickets (or €400,000 for each décimo) with the number 58268. In 2016, the total prize pool was $2.310 billion (US$2.414 billion)
Europe[]
Unlike in the United States, where lottery wins are taxed, European jackpots are generally tax-free (the lotteries themselves are taxed in other ways) and jackpots are paid in a lump sum. For example, in the United Kingdom’s National Lottery, wagers are split between the game operator Camelot Group and the government, with Camelot distributing its share among prizes, operating costs, profit, Camelot’s ‘good causes’ programme, with the remainder going to the government as value-added tax (VAT) due.
- Examples of largest jackpots in specific European lotteries
- £170.2 million (EUR190 million/US$208.2 million) was the largest prize won by a UK winner in the pan-European EuroMillions in GBP currency, won on 8 October 2019 in the UK.
- €190.0 million is the maximum jackpot in the EuroMillions lottery and it’s paid out four times:
| Chronological Nr. | Date | Jackpot in Euro | Winner | Prize in Euro | Prize in Pound | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012-08-10 | 190,000,000 | 1 | 190,000,000 | 148,700,000 | UK |
| 2 | 2014-10-24 | 190,000,000 | 1 | 190,000,000 | 149,800,000 | Portugal |
| 3 | 2017-10-06 | 190,000,000 | 1 | 190,000,000 | 170,800,000 | Spain |
| 4 | 2019-10-08 | 190,000,000 | 1 | 190,000,000 | 170,200,000 | UK |
€90.0 million is the maximum jackpot in the Eurojackpot lottery and it’s paid out eleven times:
| Chronological Nr. | Date | Jackpot in Euro | Winner | Prize in Euro | Prize in Pound | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015-05-15 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 65,500,000 | Czech Republic |
| 2 | 2016-10-14 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 81,000,000 | Germany |
| 3 | 2017-01-06 | 90,000,000 | 5 | 18,000,000 | 15,400,000 | 3 X Germany, Netherlands & Denmark |
| 4 | 2018-02-09 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 79,700,000 | Finland |
| 5 | 2018-07-06 | 90,000,000 | 2 | 45,000,000 | 39,800,000 | 2 X Germany |
| 6 | 2018-11-16 | 90,000,000 | 5 | 18,000,000 | 16,000,000 | 2 X Germany, Finland, Spain & Italy |
| 7 | 2019-05-10 | 90,000,000 | 2 | 45,000,000 | 39,500,000 | Germany & Poland |
| 8 | 2019-08-23 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 82,400,000 | Finland |
| 9 | 2019-11-22 | 90,000,000 | 3 | 30,000,000 | 25,800,000 | 2 X Germany & Hungary |
| 10 | 2020-02-07 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 76,500,000 | Germany |
| 11 | 2020-05-01 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 79,000,000 | Germany |
- €209 million (US$233.7 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in Italy’s SuperEnalotto lottery, won on 13 August 2019.
- €45.4 million (US$67 million) was the largest jackpot in Germany’s Lotto 6 aus 49, won in December 2007 by three tickets.
- €37.7 million (US$48 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in the German Lotto 6 aus 49, won on 7 October 2006.
- SEK 238 million (US$38 million) is the largest single ticket jackpot of Svenska Spel Lotto Drömvinsten
- £66.1 million (US$96 million) was the largest jackpot in the United Kingdom’s Lotto, won on 9 January 2016 by two tickets.
- CHF 48.6 million (US$ 53.2 million) was the largest jackpot in Switzerland’s Swiss Lotto, won on 23 August 2014.
- £35.1 million (US$49.6 million) was the largest winner on the UK Lotto game in April 2016.
- €38.4 million (US$49.7 million) was the largest jackpot in the Netherlands draw of the Staatsloterij (State Lottery) in May 2013.
- €30 million (US$31 million) was the largest jackpot in France’s SuperLoto, won in May 2006 by two tickets.
- €24 million (US$35 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in the French SuperLotto, won on 6 June 2011.
- €22,5 million (US$23.9 million) was the biggest lotto win in Hungary was on Eurojackpot (half of the €45 mil.) on 10th February 2017. This 7 billion HUF worth grand prize beat a 5 billion record set up in 2003.
- SEK 215 million (€22 million, US$30 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in Sweden’s Lotto of Svenska Spel, won on 27 March 2010.
- €19 million (US$30 million) was the largest jackpot and largest single-ticket jackpot in Ireland’s , won on 28 June 2008 by a group of sixteen colleagues at a quarry and concrete plant in County Carlow.
- €12.2 million (US$15.7 million) was the largest jackpot in Finland’s Lotto of Veikkaus, won in October 2012 by one ticket.
- €13 million (US$17.9 million) was the largest jackpot in Belgium’s Loterie Nationale/Nationale Loterij, won in December 2013 by one ticket.
- €4.32 million (US$4.77 million) was the largest jackpot in Russia’s Gosloto 6 to 45, won in February 2016 by one 1800-roubles ticket. This is the largest jackpot in Russia.
History
In early American history, legislators commonly established lotteries to fund schools, roads, and other public works. The government of the Indiana Territory in 1807 chartered Vincennes University, authorizing it to raise up to $20,000 in a lottery, to provide for a library and other facilities. The lottery was a failure; after a year, those few tickets that had been sold were recalled. Another lottery was authorized in 1810 to raise $1,000 to buy books for a library in Vincennes, but it was unsuccessful. Another was authorized in 1818 for the Jeffersonville Ohio Canal Company to raise $100,000, but it only brought in $2,536.
The 1840s and 1850s saw a general movement against lotteries in the United States, partly on moral grounds, and partly due to a backlash against legislative corruption. The Indiana adopted, with little debate, a clause that «no lottery shall be authorized; nor shall the sale of lottery tickets be allowed».
Vincennes University moved to revive its lottery in 1879, arguing successfully in a test case before the Indiana Supreme Court that, under the Contracts Clause, the lottery provision of the 1807 charter could not be revoked, even by a constitutional ban. The U.S. Supreme Court soon rejected a similar argument in Stone v. Mississippi, but Vincennes was able to run its lottery as a policy game, contracted out to a group of experienced lottery operators from Kentucky, for over a year before it was ruled unlawful in 1883.
In 1988, state voters approved by 62 percent a constitutional amendment lifting the ban. Indiana legislators authorized the state lottery, along with parimutuel betting on horse racing, in May 1989. The first scratch-off game, Hoosier Millionaire, went on sale in October. Lotto Cash, the first online game, began in April 1990.
Record in-house jackpot
The drawing on November 7, 2007 had a jackpot of $54.5 million, its largest jackpot ever. Retired steel worker Peter Gilbert of East Chicago, Indiana chose the cash option of $40.4 million rather than the 30 annual payments. There were no jackpot winners since October 21, 2006, so the grand prize broke its previous jackpot record of $42 million set June 5, 1999.
United States[edit]
All lottery winnings are subject to Federal taxation (automatically reported to the Internal Revenue Service if the win is at least $600); many smaller jurisdictions also levy taxes. The IRS requires a minimum withholding of 25% of the prize (minus the wager) of any gambling win in excess of $5,000. However, the net for a major prize often is misleading; winners often owe the IRS upon filing a return because the Federal withholding was below the winner’s tax obligations. Nonresident U.S. lottery winners have 30% of winnings of at least $600 withheld.
While the largest lottery prizes in the early history of U.S. state lotteries were «annuity-only», these lotteries gradually introduced a «cash option» for these games.
All prizes listed below are reported as the pre-withholdings amount, as this is taxable income the player must report on their returns to be subject to taxation. Jackpots and jackpot shares listed below are annuity amounts (and the cash value.)
For various reasons, an annuitized jackpot can have a higher cash value than a larger annuity with a lower cash value. Examples include the annuity structure of various games: while Mega Millions’ and Powerball’s annuity option each are 30 annual payments, Mega Millions’ annuity payments increase 5 percent yearly, while Powerball increases 4 percent yearly; this makes the Mega Millions’ annuity structure somewhat more «inflated».
List of U.S. lottery drawings of $300 million or more (annuity value) with at least one jackpot-winning ticket (dollar amounts in millions):
| Rank | Jackpot | Cash value | Tickets | Per ticket | Game | Date | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,586.4 | $983.5 | 3 | $327.8 | Powerball | Jan. 13, 2016 | CA, FL, TN | World’s largest jackpot (cash value & annuity); 9th largest cash value per ticket. |
| 2 | $1,537 | $877.8 | 1 | $877.8 | Mega Millions | Oct. 23, 2018 | SC | Largest jackpot for a single ticket; largest cash value for a single ticket. |
| 3 | $768.4 | $477 | 1 | $477 | Powerball | Mar. 27, 2019 | WI | 3rd largest jackpot for a single ticket. Bought in New Berlin, Wisconsin. |
| 4 | $758.7 | $480.5 | 1 | $480.5 | Powerball | Aug. 23, 2017 | MA | 2nd largest jackpot for a single ticket. |
| 5 | $687.8 | $396.2 | 2 | $198.1 | Powerball | Oct. 27, 2018 | IA, NY | |
| 6 | $656 | $474 | 3 | $158 | Mega Millions | Mar. 30, 2012 | IL, KS, MD | |
| 7 | $648 | $347.6 | 2 | $173.8 | Mega Millions | Dec. 17, 2013 | CA, GA | |
| 8 | $590.5 | $370.9 | 1 | $370.9 | Powerball | May 18, 2013 | FL | |
| 9 | $587.5 | $384.7 | 2 | $192.4 | Powerball | Nov. 28, 2012 | AZ, MO | |
| 10 | $564.1 | $381.1 | 3 | $127.0 | Powerball | Feb. 11, 2015 | NC, PR, TX | |
| 11 | $559.7 | $352 | 1 | $352 | Powerball | Jan. 6, 2018 | NH | |
| 12 | $543 | $320.5 | 1 | $320.5 | Mega Millions | July 24, 2018 | CA | |
| 13 | $536 | $378.3 | 1 | $378.3 | Mega Millions | July 8, 2016 | IN | |
| 14 | $533 | $324.6 | 1 | $324.6 | Mega Millions | Mar. 30, 2018 | NJ | |
| 15 | $530 | $345.2 | 1 | $345.2 | Mega Millions | June 7, 2019 | CA | |
| 16 | $487 | $341.7 | 1 | $341.7 | Powerball | July 30, 2016 | NH | |
| 17 | $456.7 | $269.4 | 1 | $269.4 | Powerball | Mar. 17, 2018 | PA | |
| 18 | $451 | $281.9 | 1 | $281.9 | Mega Millions | Jan. 5, 2018 | FL | |
| 19 | $448.4 | $258.2 | 3 | $86.1 | Powerball | Aug. 7, 2013 | MN; NJ (2) | |
| 20 | $447.8 | $279.1 | 1 | $279.1 | Powerball | Jun. 10, 2017 | CA | |
| 21 | $437 | $261.8 | 1 | $261.8 | Mega Millions | Jan. 1, 2019 | NY | |
| 22 | $435.3 | $263.4 | 1 | $263.4 | Powerball | Feb. 22, 2017 | IN | |
| 23 | $429.6 | $284.1 | 1 | $284.1 | Powerball | May 7, 2016 | NJ | |
| 24 | $425.3 | $242.2 | 1 | $242.2 | Powerball | Feb. 19, 2014 | CA | |
| 25 | $420.9 | $254.6 | 1 | $254.6 | Powerball | Nov 26, 2016 | TN | |
| 26 | $414 | $230.9 | 2 | $115.4 | Mega Millions | Mar. 18, 2014 | FL, MD | |
| 27 | $410 | $316.8 | 1 | $316.8 | Mega Millions | June 09, 2020 | AZ | |
| 28 | $399.4 | $223.3 | 1 | $223.3 | Powerball | Sep. 18, 2013 | SC | |
| 29 | $396.9 | $274.6 | 1 | $274.6 | Powerball | Jan. 29, 2020 | FL | |
| 30 | $393 | $247 | 1 | $247 | Mega Millions | Aug. 11, 2017 | IL | |
| 31 | $390 | $233.1 | 2 | $116.5 | Mega Millions | Mar. 6, 2007 | GA, NJ | |
| 32 | $380 | $240 | 2 | $120 | Mega Millions | Jan. 4, 2011 | ID, WA | |
| 33 | $372 | $251.6 | 1 | $251.6 | Mega Millions | Dec. 17, 2019 | OH | |
| 34 | $365 | $177.3 | 1 | $177.3 | Powerball | Feb. 18, 2006 | NE | |
| 35 | $363 | $180 | 2 | $90 | The Big Game | May 9, 2000 | IL, MI | Largest Big Game jackpot before it became Mega Millions |
| 36 | $344.6 | $223.3 | 1 | $223.3 | Powerball | June 1, 2019 | NC | |
| 37 | $340 | $164.4 | 1 | $164.4 | Powerball | Oct. 19, 2005 | OR | |
| 38 | $338.3 | $211.0 | 1 | $211.0 | Powerball | Mar. 23, 2013 | NJ | |
| 39 | $337 | $224.7 | 1 | $224.7 | Powerball | Aug. 15, 2012 | MI | |
| 40 | $336.4 | $210.0 | 1 | $210.0 | Powerball | Feb. 11, 2012 | RI | |
| 41 | $333 | $214 | 2 | $107 | Mega Millions | Aug. 28, 2009 | CA, NY | |
| 42 | $331 | $174 | 3 | $58 | The Big Game | Apr. 16, 2002 | GA, IL, NJ | |
| 43 | $330 | $194.4 | 4 | $48.6 | Mega Millions | Aug. 31, 2007 | MD,NJ,TX,VA | |
| 44 | $326 | $197.5 | 1 | $197.5 | Mega Millions | Nov. 4, 2014 | NY | |
| 45 | $319 | $202.8 | 1 | $202.8 | Mega Millions | Mar. 25, 2011 | NY | |
| 46 | $315.3 | $183 | 1 | $183 | Powerball | May 19, 2018 | NJ | |
| 47 | $315 | $185 | 1 | $185 | Mega Millions | Nov. 15, 2005 | CA | |
| 48 | $314.9 | $170.5 | 1 | $170.5 | Powerball | Dec. 25, 2002 | WV | Won by Jack Whittaker |
| 49 | $314.3 | $146.0 | 1 | $146.0 | Powerball | Aug. 25, 2007 | IN |
Notes:
MM. ^ ^ The Big Game became The Big Game Mega Millions and then Mega Millions in 2002.
El Gordo[edit]
Spain’s Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad (Spanish Christmas Lottery) is generally considered to be the world’s largest lottery game, with the largest first prize/jackpot. In 2012, the first prize was €720 million (then US$941.8 million; $1.058 billion in 2020 dollars). The total prize pool in 2012 was €2.52 billion (US$3.297 billion; $3.704 billion in 2020 dollars). The tickets for this drawing have pre-printed five-digit numbers, with each set of numbers sold multiple times in series. For example, a ticket with the number «00001» was printed 180 times under different series numbers. Moreover, each series is divided into 10 décimos (tenths in English), which are the individual tickets available for purchase. This results in the top prize being split by a very big number of winners usually from different regions of Spain. The 2011 top prize of €720 million was paid out as €4 million (US$5.2 million) to each of the 180 tickets (or €400,000 for each décimo) with the number 58268. In 2016, the total prize pool was $2.310 billion (US$2.414 billion)
Europe[edit]
Unlike in the United States, where lottery wins are taxed, European jackpots are generally tax-free (the lotteries themselves are taxed in other ways) and jackpots are paid in a lump sum. For example, in the United Kingdom’s National Lottery, wagers are split between the game operator Camelot Group and the government, with Camelot distributing its share among prizes, operating costs, profit, Camelot’s ‘good causes’ programme, with the remainder going to the government as value-added tax (VAT) due.
- Examples of largest jackpots in specific European lotteries
- £170.2 million (EUR190 million/US$208.2 million) was the largest prize won by a UK winner in the pan-European EuroMillions in GBP currency, won on 8 October 2019 in the UK.
- €190.0 million is the maximum jackpot in the EuroMillions lottery and it’s paid out four times:
| Chronological Nr. | Date | Jackpot in Euro | Winner | Prize in Euro | Prize in Pound | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012-08-10 | 190,000,000 | 1 | 190,000,000 | 148,700,000 | UK |
| 2 | 2014-10-24 | 190,000,000 | 1 | 190,000,000 | 149,800,000 | Portugal |
| 3 | 2017-10-06 | 190,000,000 | 1 | 190,000,000 | 170,800,000 | Spain |
| 4 | 2019-10-08 | 190,000,000 | 1 | 190,000,000 | 170,200,000 | UK |
€90.0 million is the maximum jackpot in the Eurojackpot lottery and it’s paid out eleven times:
| Chronological Nr. | Date | Jackpot in Euro | Winner | Prize in Euro | Prize in Pound | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015-05-15 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 65,500,000 | Czech Republic |
| 2 | 2016-10-14 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 81,000,000 | Germany |
| 3 | 2017-01-06 | 90,000,000 | 5 | 18,000,000 | 15,400,000 | 3 X Germany, Netherlands & Denmark |
| 4 | 2018-02-09 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 79,700,000 | Finland |
| 5 | 2018-07-06 | 90,000,000 | 2 | 45,000,000 | 39,800,000 | 2 X Germany |
| 6 | 2018-11-16 | 90,000,000 | 5 | 18,000,000 | 16,000,000 | 2 X Germany, Finland, Spain & Italy |
| 7 | 2019-05-10 | 90,000,000 | 2 | 45,000,000 | 39,500,000 | Germany & Poland |
| 8 | 2019-08-23 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 82,400,000 | Finland |
| 9 | 2019-11-22 | 90,000,000 | 3 | 30,000,000 | 25,800,000 | 2 X Germany & Hungary |
| 10 | 2020-02-07 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 76,500,000 | Germany |
| 11 | 2020-05-01 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 79,000,000 | Germany |
- €209 million (US$233.7 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in Italy’s SuperEnalotto lottery, won on 13 August 2019.
- €45.4 million (US$67 million) was the largest jackpot in Germany’s Lotto 6 aus 49, won in December 2007 by three tickets.
- €37.7 million (US$48 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in the German Lotto 6 aus 49, won on 7 October 2006.
- SEK 238 million (US$38 million) is the largest single ticket jackpot of Svenska Spel Lotto Drömvinsten
- £66.1 million (US$96 million) was the largest jackpot in the United Kingdom’s Lotto, won on 9 January 2016 by two tickets.
- CHF 48.6 million (US$ 53.2 million) was the largest jackpot in Switzerland’s Swiss Lotto, won on 23 August 2014.
- £35.1 million (US$49.6 million) was the largest winner on the UK Lotto game in April 2016.
- €38.4 million (US$49.7 million) was the largest jackpot in the Netherlands draw of the Staatsloterij (State Lottery) in May 2013.
- €30 million (US$31 million) was the largest jackpot in France’s SuperLoto, won in May 2006 by two tickets.
- €24 million (US$35 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in the French SuperLotto, won on 6 June 2011.
- €22,5 million (US$23.9 million) was the biggest lotto win in Hungary was on Eurojackpot (half of the €45 mil.) on 10th February 2017. This 7 billion HUF worth grand prize beat a 5 billion record set up in 2003.
- SEK 215 million (€22 million, US$30 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in Sweden’s Lotto of Svenska Spel, won on 27 March 2010.
- €19 million (US$30 million) was the largest jackpot and largest single-ticket jackpot in Ireland’s , won on 28 June 2008 by a group of sixteen colleagues at a quarry and concrete plant in County Carlow.
- €12.2 million (US$15.7 million) was the largest jackpot in Finland’s Lotto of Veikkaus, won in October 2012 by one ticket.
- €13 million (US$17.9 million) was the largest jackpot in Belgium’s Loterie Nationale/Nationale Loterij, won in December 2013 by one ticket.
- €4.32 million (US$4.77 million) was the largest jackpot in Russia’s Gosloto 6 to 45, won in February 2016 by one 1800-roubles ticket. This is the largest jackpot in Russia.
United States
All lottery winnings are subject to Federal taxation (automatically reported to the Internal Revenue Service if the win is at least $600); many smaller jurisdictions also levy taxes. The IRS requires a minimum withholding of 25% of the prize (minus the wager) of any gambling win in excess of $5,000. However, the net for a major prize often is misleading; winners often owe the IRS upon filing a return because the Federal withholding was below the winner’s tax obligations. Nonresident U.S. lottery winners have 30% of winnings of at least $600 withheld.
While the largest lottery prizes in the early history of U.S. state lotteries were «annuity-only», these lotteries gradually introduced a «cash option» for these games.
All prizes listed below are reported as the pre-withholdings amount, as this is taxable income the player must report on their returns to be subject to taxation. Jackpots and jackpot shares listed below are annuity amounts (and the cash value.)
For various reasons, an annuitized jackpot can have a higher cash value than a larger annuity with a lower cash value. Examples include the annuity structure of various games: while Mega Millions’ and Powerball’s annuity option each are 30 annual payments, Mega Millions’ annuity payments increase 5 percent yearly, while Powerball increases 4 percent yearly; this makes the Mega Millions’ annuity structure somewhat more «inflated».
List of U.S. lottery drawings of $300 million or more (annuity value) with at least one jackpot-winning ticket (dollar amounts in millions):
| Rank | Jackpot | Cash value | Tickets | Per ticket | Game | Date | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,586.4 | $983.5 | 3 | $327.8 | Powerball | Jan. 13, 2016 | CA, FL, TN | World’s largest jackpot (cash value & annuity); 9th largest cash value per ticket. |
| 2 | $1,537 | $877.8 | 1 | $877.8 | Mega Millions | Oct. 23, 2018 | SC | Largest jackpot for a single ticket; largest cash value for a single ticket. |
| 3 | $768.4 | $477 | 1 | $477 | Powerball | Mar. 27, 2019 | WI | 3rd largest jackpot for a single ticket. Bought in New Berlin, Wisconsin. |
| 4 | $758.7 | $480.5 | 1 | $480.5 | Powerball | Aug. 23, 2017 | MA | 2nd largest jackpot for a single ticket. |
| 5 | $687.8 | $396.2 | 2 | $198.1 | Powerball | Oct. 27, 2018 | IA, NY | |
| 6 | $656 | $474 | 3 | $158 | Mega Millions | Mar. 30, 2012 | IL, KS, MD | |
| 7 | $648 | $347.6 | 2 | $173.8 | Mega Millions | Dec. 17, 2013 | CA, GA | |
| 8 | $590.5 | $370.9 | 1 | $370.9 | Powerball | May 18, 2013 | FL | |
| 9 | $587.5 | $384.7 | 2 | $192.4 | Powerball | Nov. 28, 2012 | AZ, MO | |
| 10 | $564.1 | $381.1 | 3 | $127.0 | Powerball | Feb. 11, 2015 | NC, PR, TX | |
| 11 | $559.7 | $352 | 1 | $352 | Powerball | Jan. 6, 2018 | NH | |
| 12 | $543 | $320.5 | 1 | $320.5 | Mega Millions | July 24, 2018 | CA | |
| 13 | $536 | $378.3 | 1 | $378.3 | Mega Millions | July 8, 2016 | IN | |
| 14 | $533 | $324.6 | 1 | $324.6 | Mega Millions | Mar. 30, 2018 | NJ | |
| 15 | $530 | $345.2 | 1 | $345.2 | Mega Millions | June 7, 2019 | CA | |
| 16 | $487 | $341.7 | 1 | $341.7 | Powerball | July 30, 2016 | NH | |
| 17 | $456.7 | $269.4 | 1 | $269.4 | Powerball | Mar. 17, 2018 | PA | |
| 18 | $451 | $281.9 | 1 | $281.9 | Mega Millions | Jan. 5, 2018 | FL | |
| 19 | $448.4 | $258.2 | 3 | $86.1 | Powerball | Aug. 7, 2013 | MN; NJ (2) | |
| 20 | $447.8 | $279.1 | 1 | $279.1 | Powerball | Jun. 10, 2017 | CA | |
| 21 | $437 | $261.8 | 1 | $261.8 | Mega Millions | Jan. 1, 2019 | NY | |
| 22 | $435.3 | $263.4 | 1 | $263.4 | Powerball | Feb. 22, 2017 | IN | |
| 23 | $429.6 | $284.1 | 1 | $284.1 | Powerball | May 7, 2016 | NJ | |
| 24 | $425.3 | $242.2 | 1 | $242.2 | Powerball | Feb. 19, 2014 | CA | |
| 25 | $420.9 | $254.6 | 1 | $254.6 | Powerball | Nov 26, 2016 | TN | |
| 26 | $414 | $230.9 | 2 | $115.4 | Mega Millions | Mar. 18, 2014 | FL, MD | |
| 27 | $410 | $316.8 | 1 | $316.8 | Mega Millions | June 09, 2020 | AZ | |
| 28 | $399.4 | $223.3 | 1 | $223.3 | Powerball | Sep. 18, 2013 | SC | |
| 29 | $396.9 | $274.6 | 1 | $274.6 | Powerball | Jan. 29, 2020 | FL | |
| 30 | $393 | $247 | 1 | $247 | Mega Millions | Aug. 11, 2017 | IL | |
| 31 | $390 | $233.1 | 2 | $116.5 | Mega Millions | Mar. 6, 2007 | GA, NJ | |
| 32 | $380 | $240 | 2 | $120 | Mega Millions | Jan. 4, 2011 | ID, WA | |
| 33 | $372 | $251.6 | 1 | $251.6 | Mega Millions | Dec. 17, 2019 | OH | |
| 34 | $365 | $177.3 | 1 | $177.3 | Powerball | Feb. 18, 2006 | NE | |
| 35 | $363 | $180 | 2 | $90 | The Big Game | May 9, 2000 | IL, MI | Largest Big Game jackpot before it became Mega Millions |
| 36 | $344.6 | $223.3 | 1 | $223.3 | Powerball | June 1, 2019 | NC | |
| 37 | $340 | $164.4 | 1 | $164.4 | Powerball | Oct. 19, 2005 | OR | |
| 38 | $338.3 | $211.0 | 1 | $211.0 | Powerball | Mar. 23, 2013 | NJ | |
| 39 | $337 | $224.7 | 1 | $224.7 | Powerball | Aug. 15, 2012 | MI | |
| 40 | $336.4 | $210.0 | 1 | $210.0 | Powerball | Feb. 11, 2012 | RI | |
| 41 | $333 | $214 | 2 | $107 | Mega Millions | Aug. 28, 2009 | CA, NY | |
| 42 | $331 | $174 | 3 | $58 | The Big Game | Apr. 16, 2002 | GA, IL, NJ | |
| 43 | $330 | $194.4 | 4 | $48.6 | Mega Millions | Aug. 31, 2007 | MD,NJ,TX,VA | |
| 44 | $326 | $197.5 | 1 | $197.5 | Mega Millions | Nov. 4, 2014 | NY | |
| 45 | $319 | $202.8 | 1 | $202.8 | Mega Millions | Mar. 25, 2011 | NY | |
| 46 | $315.3 | $183 | 1 | $183 | Powerball | May 19, 2018 | NJ | |
| 47 | $315 | $185 | 1 | $185 | Mega Millions | Nov. 15, 2005 | CA | |
| 48 | $314.9 | $170.5 | 1 | $170.5 | Powerball | Dec. 25, 2002 | WV | Won by Jack Whittaker |
| 49 | $314.3 | $146.0 | 1 | $146.0 | Powerball | Aug. 25, 2007 | IN |
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Unlike in the United States, where lottery wins are taxed, European jackpots are generally tax-free (the lotteries themselves are taxed in other ways) and jackpots are paid in a lump sum. For example, in the United Kingdom’s National Lottery, wagers are split between the game operator Camelot Group and the government, with Camelot distributing its share among prizes, operating costs, profit, Camelot’s ‘good causes’ programme, with the remainder going to the government as value-added tax (VAT) due.
- Examples of largest jackpots in specific European lotteries
- £170.2 million (EUR190 million/US$208.2 million) was the largest prize won by a UK winner in the pan-European EuroMillions in GBP currency, won on 8 October 2019 in the UK.
- €190.0 million is the maximum jackpot in the EuroMillions lottery and it’s paid out four times:
| Chronological Nr. | Date | Jackpot in Euro | Winner | Prize in Euro | Prize in Pound | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012-08-10 | 190,000,000 | 1 | 190,000,000 | 148,700,000 | UK |
| 2 | 2014-10-24 | 190,000,000 | 1 | 190,000,000 | 149,800,000 | Portugal |
| 3 | 2017-10-06 | 190,000,000 | 1 | 190,000,000 | 170,800,000 | Spain |
| 4 | 2019-10-08 | 190,000,000 | 1 | 190,000,000 | 170,200,000 | UK |
€90.0 million is the maximum jackpot in the Eurojackpot lottery and it’s paid out eleven times:
| Chronological Nr. | Date | Jackpot in Euro | Winner | Prize in Euro | Prize in Pound | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015-05-15 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 65,500,000 | Czech Republic |
| 2 | 2016-10-14 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 81,000,000 | Germany |
| 3 | 2017-01-06 | 90,000,000 | 5 | 18,000,000 | 15,400,000 | 3 X Germany, Netherlands & Denmark |
| 4 | 2018-02-09 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 79,700,000 | Finland |
| 5 | 2018-07-06 | 90,000,000 | 2 | 45,000,000 | 39,800,000 | 2 X Germany |
| 6 | 2018-11-16 | 90,000,000 | 5 | 18,000,000 | 16,000,000 | 2 X Germany, Finland, Spain & Italy |
| 7 | 2019-05-10 | 90,000,000 | 2 | 45,000,000 | 39,500,000 | Germany & Poland |
| 8 | 2019-08-23 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 82,400,000 | Finland |
| 9 | 2019-11-22 | 90,000,000 | 3 | 30,000,000 | 25,800,000 | 2 X Germany & Hungary |
| 10 | 2020-02-07 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 76,500,000 | Germany |
| 11 | 2020-05-01 | 90,000,000 | 1 | 90,000,000 | 79,000,000 | Germany |
- €209 million (US$233.7 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in Italy’s SuperEnalotto lottery, won on 13 August 2019.
- €45.4 million (US$67 million) was the largest jackpot in Germany’s Lotto 6 aus 49, won in December 2007 by three tickets.
- €37.7 million (US$48 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in the German Lotto 6 aus 49, won on 7 October 2006.
- SEK 238 million (US$38 million) is the largest single ticket jackpot of Svenska Spel Lotto Drömvinsten
- £66.1 million (US$96 million) was the largest jackpot in the United Kingdom’s Lotto, won on 9 January 2016 by two tickets.
- CHF 48.6 million (US$ 53.2 million) was the largest jackpot in Switzerland’s Swiss Lotto, won on 23 August 2014.
- £35.1 million (US$49.6 million) was the largest winner on the UK Lotto game in April 2016.
- €38.4 million (US$49.7 million) was the largest jackpot in the Netherlands draw of the Staatsloterij (State Lottery) in May 2013.
- €30 million (US$31 million) was the largest jackpot in France’s SuperLoto, won in May 2006 by two tickets.
- €24 million (US$35 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in the French SuperLotto, won on 6 June 2011.
- €22,5 million (US$23.9 million) was the biggest lotto win in Hungary was on Eurojackpot (half of the €45 mil.) on 10th February 2017. This 7 billion HUF worth grand prize beat a 5 billion record set up in 2003.
- SEK 215 million (€22 million, US$30 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in Sweden’s Lotto of Svenska Spel, won on 27 March 2010.
- €19 million (US$30 million) was the largest jackpot and largest single-ticket jackpot in Ireland’s , won on 28 June 2008 by a group of sixteen colleagues at a quarry and concrete plant in County Carlow.
- €12.2 million (US$15.7 million) was the largest jackpot in Finland’s Lotto of Veikkaus, won in October 2012 by one ticket.
- €13 million (US$17.9 million) was the largest jackpot in Belgium’s Loterie Nationale/Nationale Loterij, won in December 2013 by one ticket.
- €4.32 million (US$4.77 million) was the largest jackpot in Russia’s Gosloto 6 to 45, won in February 2016 by one 1800-roubles ticket. This is the largest jackpot in Russia.
