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.
"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."
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