The biggest lottery win in every state, and the story behind who won it

Erin McDowellAug 25, 2023, 04:13 IST

Charles W. Jackson Jr. of North Carolina is introduced as the winner of the $344.6 million Powerball jackpot on June 4, 2019.Travis Long/Raleigh News & Observer/Tribune News Service/Getty Images

The biggest lottery jackpot ever won, a huge prize of $2.04 billion, was in California in 2022.
A New Jersey man won $533 million in 2018 while playing the Mega Millions for the second time ever.

In November 2022, a California man won the biggest US lottery prize of all time — his lucky ticket earned him a whopping $2.04 billion.

But other states have also seen residents win life-changing sums of cash.

Jackpocket recently compiled a list of the biggest prizes won on a single lottery ticket in each state, with prizes ranging from the low millions to billion-dollar jackpots.

Some states, like Alabama, Alaska, and Hawaii, have no state lotteries, and so were not included in the list.

Here's the biggest lottery win in every state.

ARIZONA: $410 million

Glendale, Arizona.EuToch/Getty Images

ARKANSAS: $177 million

Little Rock, Arkansas.Walter Bibikow/Getty Images

CALIFORNIA: $2.04 billion

Joe Chahayed, the owner of Joe's Service Center, stands outside the Mobil gas station that sold the $2.04 billion-winning Powerball ticket. His sons, Danny, left, and Joe Jr. are next to him on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.Dean Musgrove/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

COLORADO: $133 million

Colorado Springs, Colorado.John Coletti/Getty Images

CONNECTICUT: $254.2 million

Greenwich, Connecticut.Katie Warren/Business Insider

DELAWARE: $214.7 million

Delaware.DenisTangneyJr/Getty Images

FLORIDA: $590.5 million

Tampa, Florida. Chumbley Photography/Getty Images

GEORGIA: $318 million

Atlanta, Georgia.ESB Professional/Shutterstock

IDAHO: $220.3 million

Boise, Idaho.Getty Images.

ILLINOIS: $1.337 billion

Vehicles are parked outside the Illinois Speedway gas station in Des Plaines, Illinois, where the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket was sold on July 30, 2022.AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

INDIANA: $536 million

South Bend, Indiana.Denis Tangney Jr/Getty Images

IOWA: $343.9 million

Iowa.Henryk Sadura/shutterstock

KANSAS: $218.6 million

Kansas.shutterstock/1pitech

KENTUCKY: $128.6 million

Georgetown, Kentucky.Balashark/Getty Images

LOUISIANA: $191 million

Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Walter Bibikow/Getty Images

MAINE: $1.348 billion

Fred Cotreau, owner of Hometown Gas and Grill in Lebanon, stands in front of the convenience store where the winning ticket was sold.Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald/Getty Images

MARYLAND: $731.1 million

Manager Debbie Bennet shows off the winning check at the Coney Market, which sold the winning ticket, on June 15, 2021, in Lonaconing, Maryland.Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images

MASSACHUSETTS: $758.7 million

Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, left, holds the hand of the winner of the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot Mavis L. Wanczyk, right, in Braintree, Massachusetts.Barry Chin/The Boston Globe/Getty Images

MICHIGAN: $1.05 billion

Bridge over Maple Road in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, near the Oakland Country Club.ReDunnLev/Getty Images

MINNESOTA: $229 million

A person plays the Powerball lottery.Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

MISSISSIPPI: $524,000

Mississippi State Capitol.Getty Images

MISSOURI: $293.75 million

Cindy and Mark Hill, center and second from right, stand with a ceremonial check from the Missouri Lottery for $293,750,000 during the news conference, Friday, November 30, 2012.David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service/Getty Images

MONTANA: $48.5 million

Downtown Helena, Montana.Matt Volz/AP Photo

NEBRASKA: $365 million

The eight ConAgra plant workers hold up their ceremonial checks after winning the $365 million dollar Nebraska Powerball lottery at a news conference in Lincoln, Nebraska.AP Photo/Nati Harnik/File

NEW HAMPSHIRE: $559.7 million

A customer departs Reeds Ferry Market convenience store on January 7, 2018, in Merrimack, New Hampshire, the location that sold the winning ticket.AP Photo/Steven Senne

NEW JERSEY: $533 million

Richard Wahl, left, poses for photos with John White, New Jersey Lottery Acting Executive Director, during a news conference introducing Wahl as the $533 million Mega Millions jackpot winner at the New Jersey Lottery headquarters, Friday, April 13, 2018.AP Photo/Julio Cortez

NEW MEXICO: $206.9 million

Albuquerque, New Mexico.Davel5957/Getty Images

NEW YORK: $432 million

A pepperoni pizza.Shutterstock

NORTH CAROLINA: $344.6 million

Charles W. Jackson Jr. was introduced as the winner of the $344.6 million Powerball jackpot on June 4, 2019.Travis Long/Raleigh News & Observer/Tribune News Service/Getty Images

NORTH DAKOTA: $3 million

Bismarck, North Dakota.larrybraunphotography.com/Getty Images

OHIO: $372 million

Dayton, Ohio.Nicholas Smith/Getty Images

OKLAHOMA: $105.8 million

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.chrisp0/Getty Images

OREGON: $340 million

Jacksonville, Oregon.Prisma by Dukas/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

PENNSYLVANIA: $516 million

Levittown, Pennsylvania.AP Photo/Matt Rourke

RHODE ISLAND: $336.4 million

Louise White, right, from Newport, Rhode Island, is presented with a check for $336.4 million.AP Photo/Stew Milne

SOUTH CAROLINA: $1.537 billion

Greenville, South Carolina.Kevin Ruck/Shutterstock

SOUTH DAKOTA: $232.1 million

A road in South Dakota.shutterstock/Arne Beruldsen

TENNESSEE: $420.9 million

A Powerball lottery station.Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

TEXAS: $227 million

A Mega Millions playing slip sits in a kiosk at a convenience store.AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez

VERMONT: $366.7 million

Lake Champlain, Vermont.Larry Gerbrandt/Getty Images

VIRGINIA: $239 million

A person driving in a truck cab.Hugo Abad/Getty Images

WASHINGTON: $754.6 million

Seattle, Washington.Sean Pavone/Getty Images

WEST VIRGINIA: $314.9 million

Andrew "Jack" Whittaker waves as he gets into his rented limousine during a visit to New York City after winning the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot.Michael Appleton/NY Daily News via Getty Images

WISCONSIN: $768.4 million

A general view of a Speedway gas station.Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

WYOMING: $5 million

A view of a ranch and mountain range in Wyoming.Jeff R Clow/Getty Images

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