Largest lottery jackpot in the world

What to remember

The Powerball drawing set for November 7, 2022 did not take place until the morning of November 8, because of technical difficulties. It produced a single winning ticket, sold in California, for an advertised jackpot of $2,040,000,000. No lottery anywhere has offered more.

The advertised figure is not the cash value of the jackpot, which was $997.6 million. Even so, it is both the largest jackpot and the largest cash value ever won on a single ticket.

Powerball is an American lottery game overseen by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which also manages other large jackpot games such as Mega Millions. To hit the jackpot, a player must match five white balls drawn from 69 and one red Powerball drawn from 26. The odds are 1 in 292,201,338 per play.