10 Biggest U.S Lottery Jackpots Ever...(Until Now)

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Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on January 17, 2023, 01:58:48 AM

8. $758.7 million
A 53-year-old health care worker in Massachusetts became a millionaire when she won the Powerball on Aug. 23, 2017. The winner, Mavis Wanczyk, opted for a lump-sum payment of $480.5 million. After taxes — 25 percent to the federal government and 5 percent to her state — she took home $336 million.

Winning lottery is one thing that happens once in a Blue Moon, and one has to be the luckiest person on the face of the planet earth to emerge winner, and just like this 53yrs old health worker, $336million is way too much to carter for his bills for the rest of his/her life.

Quote from: Gozie51 on January 19, 2023, 12:14:03 PM

Sorry I think lottery is not easy to be won because it is highly manipulated. It is not like any blockchain games. The outcome of lottery is biase because of the non transparent manner it is organised. Although they are designed for high returns which makes players to move into it in numbers but they are just consistent losers in lottery and few lucky winners that are looked as compensation.

Yes. I agree with you on this very statement of yours, because thou the amount listed on this thread is huge, never be convinced that if you play you can win the same amount as theirs because the amount you will always lose is greater than what you could ever win, that's only if you are lucky enough to win, as there is no means to which an individual can measure the percentage of his/her chance to winning a lottery.

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Quote from: noormcs5 on January 19, 2023, 11:39:00 AM

Also it is easy to gather money from gamblers from lotteries as most of the lotteries require less capital and give high returns.
Due to this, gamblers tend to take the risk and hope they could win a big jackpot by investing very little capital amount.

Sorry I think lottery is not easy to be won because it is highly manipulated. It is not like any blockchain games. The outcome of lottery is biase because of the non transparent manner it is organised. Although they are designed for high returns which makes players to move into it in numbers but they are just consistent losers in lottery and few lucky winners that are looked as compensation.

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Quote from: robelneo on January 19, 2023, 11:27:38 AM

Quote from: Genemind on January 17, 2023, 03:00:10 PM

The odds in lotteries are very small that's why it has a very high jackpot amount, I doubt if it's possible to win a such jackpot in any online gambling site/ sports betting. Only a few people are lucky enough to hit a jackpot in lotteries and there are over thousands or even millions betting in lotteries.

You cannot compare online lotteries to offline lotteries the numbers are incomparable on offline lotteries there are only a few lotteries in one country or state or town, but in online casinos, there are numbers of online lotteries and they are competing with each other and people trust the physical lotteries than online lotteries because they are more regulated and you can easily get your winning because you can go to their office to claim as we do here in our country, compare to online casinos where they can ignore you and sometimes blames you for cheating.

To be very honest, i do not feel comfortable or trust the physical lotteries also. Among all the gambling games, I feel lotteries is the one which is mostly manipulated by the gambling industry. Also it is easy to gather money from gamblers from lotteries as most of the lotteries require less capital and give high returns.
Due to this, gamblers tend to take the risk and hope they could win a big jackpot by investing very little capital amount.

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Quote from: Genemind on January 17, 2023, 03:00:10 PM

The odds in lotteries are very small that's why it has a very high jackpot amount, I doubt if it's possible to win a such jackpot in any online gambling site/ sports betting. Only a few people are lucky enough to hit a jackpot in lotteries and there are over thousands or even millions betting in lotteries.

You cannot compare online lotteries to offline lotteries the numbers are incomparable on offline lotteries there are only a few lotteries in one country or state or town, but in online casinos, there are numbers of online lotteries and they are competing with each other and people trust the physical lotteries than online lotteries because they are more regulated and you can easily get your winning because you can go to their office to claim as we do here in our country, compare to online casinos where they can ignore you and sometimes blames you for cheating.

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Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on January 17, 2023, 01:58:48 AM

So Two Questions..
1. Do you think its possible to win such an amount of money in online gambling/Sports betting ?
(my own opinion: I don't think its possible, as I've never seen.

The big question can the casino pay billions of dollars to the winner, I think there is a limit on the amount a player can withdraw, there's a big difference when it comes to what they can allow on online casinos and on offline casinos it depends if the casino can keep up.

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2. Is there any online lottery casino available where it is possible to win such as enormous amount of money? Please share ..

Yes here in our country our lottery which is a government-run can payout large amounts of money as long as the jackpot is not being hit it will just carry over, lotteries here in our country can do that because its government-run, and it's well organized and audited so they have no reason not to decline winners of their winnings.

I will also say it all depends on the country involved, but to be more precise we need to be more accurate with the kind of lottery that can offer up to this range because the money involved are enormously big, most if the government backed lottery perfectly work out well on this and it has to be an offline kind of lottery because the amount involved maybe impossible to be transferred to the winner's account except in cash of which I think is also risky.

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Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on January 17, 2023, 01:58:48 AM

2. Is there any online lottery casino available where it is possible to win such as enormous amount of money? Please share..

Maybe we all here know that the US is a country with the largest gambling industry in the world, especially the Jackpot Lottery, where the US has land casinos that are quite widely spread in US territory, especially Los Angeles.

I've seen one source that states A single winning ticket for the $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot was sold in California, yang di menangkan oleh 3 orang.

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The largest Powerball jackpot ever won was in January 2016, when three winners split a prize advertised at $1.586 billion. Each took their share of the cash value, which added up to $983.5 million.

Only $ 1.586 billion were won by the three people, as I quoted above, maybe for one person's $ 2.04 billion victory, I have never seen it.

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Quote from: goinmerry on January 18, 2023, 08:33:19 PM

Quote from: o48o on January 18, 2023, 05:31:55 PM

This feels just wrong. And i can't find a single reason for this. Let the winner at least buy security before calling them out.

Yes, there should be at least a winner protection program or some sort.
But it's clearly stated that Wisconsin has now laws regarding that therefore, all bettors here are supposed to know already and understand what they are up to once they won. They are not even forced to bet in the lottery in the first place.
Actually, if that's my case, I'd rather strongly hope first that luck will hit me as to how to claim the money, at least, in private, can think about later on.

Well obviously it would be better to win big then not to win and keep your identity secret, but i just don't understand how "i wasnt forced to gamble" would any good explanation. For the lack of personal security. Its like my plane would crash and insurance people would say that i wasn't forced to fly, that i knew the risks.

In Finland everyone's income taxes are public information. I know that many countries view this as shocking, but at least they have time to make their addresses private and hire better security before their taxes are released at the end of the year. Not that we have much problems with robberies in the first place.

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Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on January 17, 2023, 01:58:48 AM

So Two Questions..
1. Do you think its possible to win such an amount of money in online gambling/Sports betting ?
(my own opinion: I don't think its possible, as I've never seen.

The big question can the casino pay billions of dollars to the winner, I think there is a limit on the amount a player can withdraw, there's a big difference when it comes to what they can allow on online casinos and on offline casinos it depends if the casino can keep up.

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2. Is there any online lottery casino available where it is possible to win such as enormous amount of money? Please share ..

Yes here in our country our lottery which is a government-run can payout large amounts of money as long as the jackpot is not being hit it will just carry over, lotteries here in our country can do that because its government-run, and it's well organized and audited so they have no reason not to decline winners of their winnings.

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Quote from: maydna on January 19, 2023, 03:42:07 AM

Those who keep the big win a secret don't want to get into trouble because that could lure bad people into taking their money. They prefer to be silent and enjoy their winning money rather than having to say it to the public.

But these people have been just publicized on how much they've won. I wonder what's the situation of their lives from now on and if they're still doing good with their lives through these winnings that they've made.
It's hard to hide in the public when you're so much excited with the amount you've won and that's making you want to be exposed through media and publish your story into their platforms.

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Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on January 17, 2023, 01:58:48 AM

So Two Questions..
1. Do you think its possible to win such an amount of money in online gambling/Sports betting ?
(my own opinion: I don't think its possible, as I've never seen.

2. Is there any online lottery casino available where it is possible to win such as enormous amount of money? Please share ..

So guys, i hope you all find the article interesting, so lets discuss..

1. It is possible to win that kind of money in online or sports betting, but only lucky people can really win that kind of money.

2. An online lottery casino allows us to win large amounts of money but it may depend on how much money we use to buy tickets.

Freebitco.in provides it because you can buy lotteries there and hope to win lots of bitcoins. But it will come back to how much luck will be on your side because we will never know when luck will come to us.

There are also lucky gamblers who have won huge amounts but have chosen to keep the result in private and we can't blame them for doing that. Yes, it is possible to win such a big amount but it also dependa on the risks that we are willing to take. Those bettors are surely high rollers who have big hopes in gambling that they are also able to bet huge. Legit and trusted lotteries like national lotteries could provide big jackpot prices depending on the bettors total betting amount but it could only be won by luck.

Those who keep the big win a secret don't want to get into trouble because that could lure bad people into taking their money. They prefer to be silent and enjoy their winning money rather than having to say it to the public. And those who play for big money want to win big money, which happens in many gambling games, and the lottery game is no exception. And even though they already know that the lottery game is a game of luck, they still buy tickets in large quantities and keep hoping they will one day be the winner.

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Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on January 17, 2023, 01:58:48 AM

1. Do you think its possible to win such an amount of money in online gambling/Sports betting ?
(my own opinion: I don't think its possible, as I've never seen.

2. Is there any online lottery casino available where it is possible to win such as enormous amount of money? Please share ..

No...? Don't most bets (whether casino or sports bets) have a limit on the amount of bet? There might be some special cases, but they're called "special" for a reason and isn't exactly a regular part of the system. Not sure though, never really bothered trying it myself after all.

As for the second, casino lotteries should have big prize pools but probably not as big as national lotteries. they're the only ones afaik that cater to such big amounts of prize pools in terms of lottery. But I reckon you'd probably have higher chances in the former since it has less participants than the latter.

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Quote from: goinmerry on January 18, 2023, 08:33:19 PM

Quote from: o48o on January 18, 2023, 05:31:55 PM

This feels just wrong. And i can't find a single reason for this. Let the winner at least buy security before calling them out.

Yes, there should be at least a winner protection program or some sort.

But it's clearly stated that Wisconsin has now laws regarding that therefore, all bettors here are supposed to know already and understand what they are up to once they won. They are not even forced to bet in the lottery in the first place.

Actually, if that's my case, I'd rather strongly hope first that luck will hit me as to how to claim the money, at least, in private, can think about later on.

Laws regarding anonymity of lottery winners vary from state to state within the United States. For example in Illinois, anyone who win more than $250,000 can opt for their name and residence details to be kept anonymous. In case the request is not made, then the lottery has all the rights to publicize their details. Similar laws are applicable in Kansas, Delaware, Maryland, Texas. In Minnesota, the winner doesn't need to do anything. Any player winning a prize greater than $10,000 by default gains the right to remain anonymous (unless they opt against it). But in most of the other states, the winners doesn't have any such rights and Wisconsin is one of them.

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Quote from: o48o on January 18, 2023, 05:31:55 PM

This feels just wrong. And i can't find a single reason for this. Let the winner at least buy security before calling them out.

Yes, there should be at least a winner protection program or some sort.

But it's clearly stated that Wisconsin has now laws regarding that therefore, all bettors here are supposed to know already and understand what they are up to once they won. They are not even forced to bet in the lottery in the first place.

Actually, if that's my case, I'd rather strongly hope first that luck will hit me as to how to claim the money, at least, in private, can think about later on.

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Quote from: Fundamentals Of on January 17, 2023, 10:07:04 PM

But why don't they instead draw 10 winners instead of having only 1 winner of more than $2 billion? I think this way is better. More winners of big prizes, the better.

In most lottery types, the the number of winners is based on how many were able to get the exact draw results.

It's not designed to only give the chances of winning to only 1 person. They can have 1 winner or even 100+ winners at the same time if lucky.

Just here in our country last year, a super rare occurrence happened in our Grand Lotto 6/55 where 433 bettors won at the same time and the crazy thing is, the winning numbers are divisible by 9. The result is 9-18-27-36-45-54. That was insane!

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Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on January 17, 2023, 01:58:48 AM

1. Do you think its possible to win such an amount of money in online gambling/Sports betting ?
(my own opinion: I don't think its possible, as I've never seen.

If the bookies will allow that kind of huge amount of winning then it's possible.

But imagined how tough and difficult to win that kind of huge amount, especially in sports betting since that was only possible if;

- will bet a high stake
- forming multiple parlay legs to achieve an insane high odds

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2. Is there any online lottery casino available where it is possible to win such as enormous amount of money? Please share ..

I think in some countries, their respective national lottery can be purchased online.

Referring to crypto-casino, I think the lottery is something, not that demanded or being supported. Never seen a crypto-casino doing a lottery offering such huge amounts that were close to the figures stated on the main post.

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Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on January 17, 2023, 01:58:48 AM

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.
Lottery officials said the ticket holder was the first lottery billionaire in the state. It was unclear as of early January 2023 whether the winner had claimed the prize. A spokeswoman for the Powerball said the vetting process for winners in California could take months.

I had to google what they mean by vetting. Apparently it's checking the signatures match, store surveillance video and many other things. I would be freaked out i didn't win. My signatures don't even match, when i first learned to sign something i panicked and Made fist capital letters with random nervous scribbling, Now i have been doing that my whole life and they are always different.

And how bad could the system be if you need months to check it? I mean i understand they don't want to pay it to wrong person, but how would that wrong person arrange that scam?

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7. $768.4 million
Manuel Franco of Wisconsin won a $768.4 million prize in the Powerball drawing on March 27, 2019. The sum was enough for Mr. Franco to quit his job within two days of winning.

Wisconsin has no law protecting the identities of people who win lotteries, which means Mr. Franco was required to come forward publicly.

This feels just wrong. And i can't find a single reason for this. Let the winner at least buy security before calling them out.

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8. $758.7 million
A 53-year-old health care worker in Massachusetts became a millionaire when she won the Powerball on Aug. 23, 2017. The winner, Mavis Wanczyk, opted for a lump-sum payment of $480.5 million. After taxes — 25 percent to the federal government and 5 percent to her state — she took home $336 million.

This is something i don't understand either. Why does US citizens want to keep this up that prices and prizes are before taxes. Everything in Finland and i think in whole eu are after taxes. Lottery winnings are just Tax free. We wouldn't really care if they would actually be after taxes because that wouldn't make any difference to winner.

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So guys, i hope you all find the article interesting, so lets discuss..

You can play American lotteries from any country. Which makes it weird for them to have such a long vetting period. If my account is already kyc:ed why would i need 2 months of more kyc:ing?

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Quote from: swogerino on January 17, 2023, 05:22:06 AM

No one can compare with a Powerball win which is what the majority of the mentioned people have won in this thread.I doubt anyone in sport betting or in casino games like slot machines and other games like roulette,poker etc has ever been capable of winning such huge amounts.The one couple that I know and read online some years ago have won a huge jackpot in slot machines at Vegas after playing for more than 40 years they got 75 million dollars which is a totally irrelevant sum compared to the sums mentioned in this thread,so yes I also think no sport betting or slot machine playing can give you that number of win,some slot machines offer a x300.000 your bet as a maximum payout but still cannot compare with those prizes.

I already saw big wins in slots which mostly came from those gambling streamers. For games like poker and roulette. These two table games are also popular like slots so there are also people who are playing huge on them. On the national television and on youtube, there are people betting huge amount of money from these games so when they win, their winnings are also massive.

It can be millions or billions. Lottery prizes are huge because all the games are not normal but you are like playing for the jackpot round each time you bet. It's hard to win on them because the odds are high, so the amount people lose will just quickly add up in the pot.

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Quote from: Reid on January 18, 2023, 11:32:51 AM

There must be a special treatment for one gambler to claim such high rewards if ever a gambling site opens up a betting line like this.
Because it can be done if some made a bet for millions of dollars in one parlay. It could go way beyond x100 in a parlay and if it wins it should be given considering a negotiation did happen that they accepted the bet.
But in my experience, I have not seen it happen yet. I guess no one would dare go to that extent, betting huge amount and take a parlay which risk was so high that most of the time it doesn't win.

That's 100 million, we're talking about more than 500 million dollars, at least that's what OP suggested.

Sure, it's possible to win 100million in a casino, but I'd say it's not possible to win a billion, like some of these lottery winners from the list. Many casinos would go bankrupt if they somehow allowed someone to win a billion or he'd sue them and won that in court.

Lotteries are built this way so that people get lured in by these huge wins and they allow for a win like that to happen from time to time to work as a promo. All these wins are paid by losers who buy tickets for months and the organization that runs the lottery sets some of these profits aside to later hit people with news of a gigantic win.

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Quote from: maydna on January 18, 2023, 11:27:03 AM

Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on January 17, 2023, 01:58:48 AM

So Two Questions..
1. Do you think its possible to win such an amount of money in online gambling/Sports betting ?
(my own opinion: I don't think its possible, as I've never seen.

2. Is there any online lottery casino available where it is possible to win such as enormous amount of money? Please share ..

So guys, i hope you all find the article interesting, so lets discuss..

1. It is possible to win that kind of money in online or sports betting, but only lucky people can really win that kind of money.

2. An online lottery casino allows us to win large amounts of money but it may depend on how much money we use to buy tickets.

Freebitco.in provides it because you can buy lotteries there and hope to win lots of bitcoins. But it will come back to how much luck will be on your side because we will never know when luck will come to us.

There are also lucky gamblers who have won huge amounts but have chosen to keep the result in private and we can't blame them for doing that. Yes, it is possible to win such a big amount but it also dependa on the risks that we are willing to take. Those bettors are surely high rollers who have big hopes in gambling that they are also able to bet huge. Legit and trusted lotteries like national lotteries could provide big jackpot prices depending on the bettors total betting amount but it could only be won by luck.

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There must be a special treatment for one gambler to claim such high rewards if ever a gambling site opens up a betting line like this.
Because it can be done if some made a bet for millions of dollars in one parlay. It could go way beyond x100 in a parlay and if it wins it should be given considering a negotiation did happen that they accepted the bet.
But in my experience, I have not seen it happen yet. I guess no one would dare go to that extent, betting huge amount and take a parlay which risk was so high that most of the time it doesn't win.

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