Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Wisconsin

One ticket sold in Wisconsin has all six numbers in the Powerball drawing for Wednesday night and is worth $768 million dollars.

The lump sum cash prize is estimated at $477 million.

The winning numbers for Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot are 16-20-37-44-62 and the Powerball is 12.

This Powerball jackpot is at number 3 on our Top 20 list of largest jackpots in history.

Here’s a list of the top 20 prizes from the multistate games: Powerball and Mega Millions:

1. $1.6 billion Powerball January 13, 2016. There were 3 winning tickets for this prize. These tickets were purchased in Tennessee, Florida and California. Each had the option to take a lump sum of  $327.8 million.

2. $1.5 billion Mega Millions October 2018. There was one winning ticket purchased in South Carolina. The ticket was sold at a KC Mart convenience store in the town of Simpsonville. This is the largest single ticket jackpot in U.S. history.

3. $768 million Powerball jackpot is won by one ticket in Wisconsin on March 27, 2019. The lump sum payout is $477 million.

4. $758 million, Powerball won August 24, 2018 by Mavis Wanczyk of Massachusets. She chose the lump sum payment of $480 million.

5. $656 million, Mega Millions, won March 30, 2012, by three tickets, sold in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas. Cash: $471 million

6. $648 million, Mega Millions, won Dec. 17, 2013, in Georgia and California. Cash: $347.6 million.

7. $590.5 million, Powerball, won May 18, 2013, in Florida. Cash: $370.9 million. Record for most cash collected by a single winner.

8. $587.5 million, Powerball, won Nov. 28, 2012, by two tickets, sold in Missouri and Arizona. Cash: $384.7 million

8. $564 million, Powerball jackpot was one by one ticket in New Hampshire in the drawing on Saturday, January 6, 2018.

10. $559.7 million Powerball, A single ticket was sold at Reeds Ferry Market in Merrimack, NH. The winning ticket holder wants to remain anonymous.

11. $543 million Mega Millions.  There was one winning ticket sold in California in the July 2018 drawing.

12. $536 million Mega Millions, a single ticket was sold in Indiana on July 8, 2016.

13. $487 million Powerball, winning ticket was sold in New Hampshire on July 30, 2016.

14. $455 million, Powerball, winning ticket was sold in Pennsylvania on March 17, 2018.

15. $450 million, Mega Millions ticket was sold in Florida for the January 5th, 2018 drawing.

16. $448.4 million, Powerball, for Aug. 7, 2013, drawing, won by 3 tickets, 2 of them in New Jersey, one in Minnesota. Cash: $258.2 million.

17. $447.8 million Powerball had one winner. Jeff Lindsay of California, who bought his Powerball ticket with the funds from a winning scratch ticket on June 10, 2017.

18. $435 million Powerball was won on February 22, 2017.  An anonymous ticket holder in Indiana was the single winner.

19. $429.6 million Powerball winner from New Jersey. The ticket was held by the Smith family lottery pool. It was purchased on May 7, 2016.

20. $425.3 million Powerball jackpot was won by B. Raymond Buxton of California on February 19, 2014.

And just in case you don't realize how serious I take this, here's a meltdown I had when I didn't win.