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Lottery 22 August 2023
The World-Record Jackpot
The Biggest Jackpots & Lottos Of All Time
Table of contents:
- THE BIGGEST LOTTERY IN THE WORLD
- THE BIGGEST JACKPOTS IN THE WORLD
- THE BIGGEST EVER LOTTO WIN
- BIGGEST LOTTO WIN IN THE UK
Back in 2018, we celebrated a World Record achievement for the biggest online gambling payout when one of our Lottolanders won that amazing €90 million (£78M) from her EuroJackpot bet.
Powerball holds the world record for the biggest jackpot, but the Mega Millions lottery - currently at £225 million - is always a strong contender to Powerball.
Let's take a look at the biggest lottos and jackpot payouts in the world.
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The Biggest Lottery In The World
Powerball is in the record books as having paid the largest jackpot of all time whilst also ranking for the second biggest jackpot payout, with Mega Millions coming in at a third place.
The Powerball record is a jackpot worth $2.04 billion (£1.79 billion), and even though this is a staggering amount it is still a considerable amount less than the amount paid out in prizes by the Spanish Christmas Lottery, a.k.a. "El Gordo", which now has a new prize pool of €2.5 billion (£2.2 billion). The difference is that El Gordo shares that prize fund around much more equitably, so nobody will take home a single jackpot prize to rival that of Powerball.
But could Powerball or Mega Millions ever unseat El Gordo to take the title of "Biggest Lotto in the World?" There is still a way to go for either of those lottos to reach the magical £2.2 billion mark, but never say never!
The Biggest Jackpots In The World
In the race for the biggest ever lottery jackpot, Powerball is on top.
So currently, the record jackpot wins for the biggest lottos are as follows:
| Biggest Lotto Jackpots | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lottery | Record Jackpot | £GBP Value |
| Powerball* (US) | $2.04 billion | £1.79 billion |
| Mega Millions* (US) | $1.602 billion | £1.25 billion |
| SuperEnaLotto** (IT) | €371 million | £328 million |
| EuroJackpot (EU) | €120 million | £100.6 million |
*Powerball and MegaMillions Tiers 1-3 are subject to 38% reduction as per T&C's. Tier 1 winning bets are paid out as a 30-year annuity or discounted lump sum at Lottoland's election.
**SuperEnaLotto Tiers 1-3 for winning bets are subject to 12% reduction as per T&C's.
Note that all currency conversions were correct at the time of writing.
The Biggest Ever Lotto Win
On the 8th of August 2023, Mega Millions gave us the second largest lotto amount ever won by one individual and the second biggest jackpot in history when the jackpot of $1.602 billion was won by a ticket purchased in Florida.
Powerball took the title of biggest ever lotto win by one person as a single-ticket holder from California won a whopping jackpot of $2.04 billion with Powerball on 7th November 2022. Making Powerball the current world's record-winning jackpot and world's biggest single win.
Biggest Lotto Win In The UK
The biggest lottery jackpot ever won in Britain belongs to an anonymous winner who hit the jackpot of £195.7 million.
Here's the full list of the ten biggest British lotto winners:
| Biggest British Lottery Winners | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Year | Jackpot |
| Anonymous Winner | July 2022 | £195.7 million |
| Joe & Jess Thwaite | May 2022 | £184.3 million |
| Anonymous Winner | October 2019 | £170.2 million |
| Colin & Chris Weir | July 2011 | £161.6 million |
| Adrian & Gillian Bayford | August 2012 | £148.6 million |
| Anonymous Winner | June 2019 | £123.4 million |
| Anonymous Winner | April 2021 | £122 million |
| Anonymous Winner | April 2018 | £121 million |
| Frances & Patrick Connolly | January 2019 | £114.9 million |
| Anonymous Winner | October 2010 | £113 million |
Although we do not offer the chance to bet on the British Lotto at Lottoland, head to the MegaMillions page for your chance to bet on the giant Mega Millions lottery, and who knows, maybe you could be appearing on the next version of this list!
Last updated: 23rd April 2024
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