Top lottery winnings

Lotteries are one of the most popular forms of entertainment. Thanks to them, many people have suddenly become rich. It is worth remembering the biggest lottery winnings.

254 million euros

This amount went to an ordinary retiree from Missouri in 2008. It was he who won the big prize in the lottery in the amount of 254 million. It should be noted that with the winnings of a man parted with dignity. He did not keep it all, and shared with his sons, which at that time were in a difficult life situation.

315 million euros

A man from West Virginia made a great Christmas present for himself in 2002. However, it was a case where the money did not do any good. First the man was robbed, then the body of a young man was found in his house. In this case, it cannot be said that the winnings were lucky.

340 million euros

In 2005 an ordinary American, Steve West, decided to play the popular US Powerball lottery. And he was immediately lucky to win a prize of 340 million. What is interesting, the man simply entered a few numbers in random order to win, but it was enough to succeed.

363 million euros

In the year 2000, the top prize in the popular Mega Million lottery reached already $363 million. At that time, it was the maximum jackpot amount that could be claimed by two people. True, after all taxes had been paid, each of them only received 90 million. But even this was enough to change their lives significantly. But one of the winners had never played before, and lottery tickets received on change from a large note.

390 million euros

Once again, the Mega Million lottery participant was the winner. In 2007, the organisers promised a draw for the largest possible prize, which led to a real frenzy and almost entirely bought up tickets. As a result, the winnings were shared between the two winners.

425 million euros

In 2014, another American pensioner became considerably richer. A resident of California was able to win one of the biggest prizes, and he got it in a rather unusual way. The man specifically waited a whole month to claim the prize on the first of April.

488 million euros

In 2013, three winners shared the big winnings. Interestingly, a group of 16 people won with one ticket. After tax deduction, the amount of each winning ticket was $86 million.

590 million euros

In 2013, a truly amazing event took place. In fact, the prize of $590 million was the largest single lottery jackpot. It was won by a resident of Florida, for whom this was something truly incredible.

758 million euros

In 2017, a simple nurse from Massachusetts forgot about all the difficulties of life forever. After all, she was the lucky one to receive a super prize of as much as 758 million euros. After that, the woman was able to completely change her life and make it much better.

1,537 million euros

A grandiose amount of money that just doesn’t fit in the mind. But it was a South Carolina resident who, for obvious reasons, decided to remain anonymous. He waited for four whole months and only then sent his representative to collect his winnings.

1 billion 586 million euros

So far, this is the biggest prize in lottery history.  It was divided between three participants in the popular American PowerBall lottery. Each of the winners won more than half a million euros.

And that’s just the biggest winnings. And there are thousands of other entrants who received smaller, but still big, amounts.