"From small fortunes to record-breaking payouts, lottery winners have hit it big across the country. Just days ago, an anonymous Virginia resident claimed the state's largest-ever lottery jackpot, a whopping $348 million. And on Monday, after no one hit the Powerball jackpot, the prize grew to a massive $1.3 billion. Still, if there's a winner at the next drawing on Wednesday, they won't walk away with the largest lottery payout of all time."
"The biggest lottery jackpot ever won, a huge prize of $2.04 billion, was in California in 2022. A New Jersey winner set a Mega Millions jackpot record last year: an estimated $1.13 billion. In 2019, a North Carolina man won $344 million after using numbers from a fortune cookie. From small fortunes to record-breaking payouts, lottery winners have hit it big across the country."
Lottery jackpots across the United States range from low millions to more than two billion dollars, and the largest single-ticket prizes vary widely by state. The record single-ticket payout is $2.04 billion, won in California in November 2022. Recent large prizes include an anonymous Virginia winner of $348 million and a New Jersey Mega Millions estimate of $1.13 billion. A 2019 North Carolina win paid $344 million to a man who used fortune-cookie numbers. The Powerball prize has grown to as much as $1.3 billion after rollovers. Some states, such as Alabama, Alaska, and Hawaii, do not operate state lotteries.
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