Lottery jackpots continue to climb to staggering heights, with the Powerball jackpot for Saturday's drawing now sitting at an estimated $707 million.Although billion-dollar prizes remain rare, they've become far more common over the past decade.The Christmas Eve Powerball jackpot of $1.817 billion was the second-largest lottery prize in US history, while the biggest lottery prize in US history remains the $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in California in November 2022.Factors such as rising interest rates, updated game rules (including lower odds), and higher-priced tickets have contributed to the recent surge in billion-dollar jackpots.Jackpocket 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, such as Alabama, Alaska, and Hawaii, do not have state lotteries and were therefore not included in the list.Here's the biggest lottery win in every state.
ARIZONA: $410 million
Glendale, Arizona.
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The couple who won the grand prize were from Glendale but chose to remain anonymous, a local NBC News station reported at the time, in June 2020.The winning lottery ticket was also the first Mega Millions winning ticket in the state's history, KTAR News reported.
