BIGGEST Jackpot Lottery Winners Ever!

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hey guys it's Chris do you ever play the lottery it's something that many try few ever win and yet people still hope that one day they'll be the big winner if it can happen to these people why can't it happen to you too here are 8 of the biggest lottery jackpots in history number eight 564 million dollars in 2015 a few years previous the Powerball earnings were up to five hundred and sixty four million dollars in February of that year three people came forward to claim the winnings as was their right two of them elected to remain anonymous however one of the winners Mary Holmes of North Carolina was more than happy to step forward and admit that she had one part of the large sum she was working at Walmart when she took home eighty eight million dollars a mother of four children and one with cerebral palsy she was strongly criticized with how she was spending her money a few weeks after winning the lottery Holmes is said to have used three million dollars to bail out her boyfriend who was charged with possession and drug trafficking when he kept getting caught for more and more crimes several magazines reported she spent up to 21 million dollars trying to keep him out of prison to raise their kids she also faced criminal prosecution of her own it's not all bad though she also bought a former gigantic plantation home and now has her own estate she was on the show in Yan la fix my life on an episode called lotto drama the Yan LA tried to help the Powerball winner understand how trying to help everyone is actually hurting her number seven five hundred and eighty seven point five million dollars in 2012 in 2012 the Powerball winnings were up to a staggering five hundred and eighty seven point five million dollars two winners shared the prize money matthew goode and the hill family good chose to remain anonymous however he was out of luck because lottery winners in arizona our public record good did exactly what he should hired a bunch of lawyers and financial advisors and then has pretty much been low-key ever since mark hill and his wife Cindy of course weren't expecting to win but their daughter was very excited as luck would have it they did win and happily went on a family vacation and even bought their daughter a horse number six five hundred and ninety point five million dollars in 2013 during 2013 the power ball got up to an impressive 590 point five million dollars in a nice twist though only one person got the winning numbers which meant that they didn't have to share the money with other winners and thus at this time Gloria McKenzie was the record holder for the most lotto money won by a single person were grateful for this blessing of winning the Florida Lottery Powerball jackpot and appreciate the interest of the public state of Florida and the lottery we hope that everyone will give an opportunity to maintain our privacy for our family's benefit McKenzie opted to take the lump sum option thus allowing her to get three hundred and seventy million dollars but in a heartwarming moment she agreed to split the money with her son Scott thus giving them both life-changing amounts of money many of Mackenzie's neighbors have spoken out about her winning the lottery and noted that it couldn't have happened to a nicer person number five six hundred and forty eight million dollars in 2013 also in 2013 two winners got to split the sum of six hundred and forty eight million dollars via the Mega Millions lottery Steve Tran and Ira kuri kuri was from Georgia and Tran was from California the irony in the case of Tran was that he had the winning lottery ticket but didn't realize it until much later mainly because the people behind the lottery revealed that the place the winning ticket was from was San Jose and he did not live there not realizing it he went on with his life until he remembered one night that he had bought a bunch of lottery tickets from a store in San Jose as such he went through a box filled with tickets and then found the winning one after he found it he had a certain thing to do he called his job and said I'm really sorry boss I hit the jackpot I don't think I'm going to come in today tomorrow or ever he was on a trip when he decided to get the ticket and the trip changed his life after selecting the lump sum amount both earned one hundred and seventy three million dollars number four six hundred and fifty six million dollars in 2012 back in 2012 before the world was going to end the Mega Millions was at six hundred and fifty six million dollars and in March of that year three groups of people came forward to claim the millions in a twist though only one of these three groups revealed who they were to the world one was merle and patricia butler who were from illinois there was a winner in Kansas who refused to be named at all and then there were three schoolteachers from Maryland and then they did publicly claim their check they did so under the group name the three amigos this may seem odd but it is actually law that those who don't want to have their identities be revealed via the winning don't have to they can remain anonymous granted the people behind the lottery like to see the faces of the winners and let them have their fame but for some it's too big a risk for when you have money loads of money people will want to warm up to you and get it for themselves if they can for the butler's their cut of the prize money was two hundred and eighteen point six million dollars that is a nice tidy sum number three seven hundred and fifty eight point seven million dollars in 2017 in 2017 the Powerball reached a record margin one of seven hundred and fifty eight point seven million dollars the winner was later revealed to be Mavis Elwin check of Chicopee Massachusetts needless to say she was a bit stunned when she found out in fact it was because of a friend that she found out at all the friend noted the winning numbers and when she couldn't do anything due to the shock the friend demanded that she signed the ticket to ensure that nothing bad happened to it and that she wouldn't have it stolen I couldn't drive anywhere I couldn't do anything she told reporters her friend actually followed her home to ensure that nothing bad happened to her a very wise decision considering what people sometimes do when they win the lottery but her moment of shock and surprise didn't pass she went to bed and just laid there for a while trying to comprehend all that it just happened to her an understandable response when she was done and had accepted her new reality she had one thing to do know not claim the money she quit her job at the local hospital I will not be coming back she said her plans were to retire which is fair because she had been working at the hospital for 32 years of the millions that she won she elected to take a lump sum amount so after taxes she won four hundred and eighty point five million dollars little less after the final taxes are paid the store that earned a commission from the winning number donated all the money to charity number two one point five three seven billion dollars in 2018 despite being touted as a 1.6 billion dollar jackpot the one that was recently won in 2018 wasn't actually near that number technically if it had it would have been the highest jackpot in the history of the lottery but upon further inspection it wasn't won in 2016 was and the official number for the 2018 near record was one point five three seven billion dollars which naturally would be enough to satisfy just about anyone in the world with that amount the interesting thing here is that though we can confirm that someone has won the money single-handedly no less no one has come to claim it at least not as of yet we can also confirm that the person who won it was in South Carolina which makes it a record for the state as well as for the person who wanted if you're wondering why a person hasn't come forward after winning this enormous amount it's very simple they don't have to not yet anyway by law anyone who wins a major lottery prize doesn't have to admit that they want it right away for obvious and personal reasons they in fact have 180 days to claim their prize what's more they actually have the right to claim the prize anonymously and not be viewed in the eyes of the public again for obvious and personal reasons the question really is how much money will they actually get since the person was a winner alone it's likely that even after taxes they would get over a billion dollars however if a certain amount of taxes is taken and they choose a lump sum payout it would technically be just under a billion dollars but only time will tell fun fact whenever the ticket is officially claimed the store that actually sold the ticket will get fifty thousand dollars and that is not bad number one one point five eight six billion dollars in 2016 the term billions gets thrown around a lot in the modern day and the truth is that while there are now two jackpots worth over a billion dollars in history no one single person has ever truly wanted what do I mean by that well because at present one winning seht hasn't been claimed yet and the other wasn't won by one person you see in 2016 a one point five eight six billion dollar jackpot was up for grabs and everyone was buying tickets to try and earn the money themselves quite weirdly though one person didn't win it rather three couples did this isn't as uncommon as you might think though in fact given the laws of probability people picking out the same set of certain numbers happens a lot especially in the lottery the people who got this money were John and Lisa Robinson and Tennessee Maureen Smith and David couch mitt in Florida and Marvin and Mae Acosta in California now as law whoever gets the winning numbers in terms of lottery will be evenly split but also by lottery law the people have an option of how they get their money after takes are deducted they can take a lump sum or an annuity the robinsons and couch Schmitz decided to take the lump sum the Acosta's opted not to reveal what they took if they all took the lump sum that means of the 1.58 six billion dollars they each would have gone three hundred and twenty seven point eight million dollars as such no one has claimed a billion in the lottery just yet thanks for watching can you believe some of these lottery winners and how much they got let me know your thoughts or what you would do with that amount of cash in the comments below and be sure to subscribe and we'll see you next time

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Length: 10min 34sec (634 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 26 2018

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