![]() ![]() ![]() If buying one ticket gives you a 1 in 292.2 million chance of winning the jackpot, spending $10 for five number combinations improves your chances to only 5 in 292.2 million. And the odds are so long that it’s certainly not worth spending money you’ll miss for more tickets, experts warn. Your odds of winning are only slightly improved by buying more than one ticket. 13 and $1.337 billion won in Illinois on July 29, 2022. 23, 2018 $1.35 billion won in Maine earlier this year on Jan. The third, fourth and fifth largest were each Mega Millions prizes, at $1.537 billion going to a single winner in South Carolina on Oct. But that prize was split among three winning tickets, sold in California, Florida and Tennessee. The next largest jackpot was also a Powerball prize, at $1.586 billion on Jan. 8, 2022, with the winning ticket sold in California. The largest - a whopping $2.04 billion - was a Powerball jackpot that hit on Nov. WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST JACKPOTS EVER WON IN AMERICA? Mega Millions followed two years later, lengthened the odds of winning the top prize from 1 in 258.9 million to 1 in 302.6 million. In 2015, the Powerball lottery lengthened the odds of winning from 1 in 175.2 million to 1 in 292.2 million. The credit for such big jackpots comes down to math - and more difficult odds. WHY ARE LOTTERY JACKPOTS SO LARGE THESE DAYS? ![]()
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