Biggest Lottery Winner in the World

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The biggest lottery winner in the world is Manuel Franco, a 24-year-old from West Allis, Wisconsin, who won $768.4 million in the Powerball lottery in March 2019. This massive jackpot remains the largest single-ticket lottery win in US history and one of the biggest worldwide.

Franco purchased the winning ticket at a Speedway gas station in New Berlin, Wisconsin. He chose the cash option and received a lump sum payment of $477 million before taxes. The winning numbers were 16, 20, 37, 44, 62, and the Powerball number 12.

Before his incredible win, Franco was working as a security guard and living with his parents. He described the moment he discovered his win as “surreal“ and said he checked the ticket multiple times before believing it was real.

Other notable big lottery winners include Mavis Wanczyk, who won $758.7 million in the Powerball in 2017, and the anonymous winner of the $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot in 2016, which was split among three winners.