Top 25 United States Lottery Jackpots Of All Time

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In honor of tomorrow night’s $304 million USA Mega Millions drawing (3/24/2011), the 12^th time in the history of United States lottery jackpots to reach above a $300,000,000 jackpot, we wanted to keep the list going and break down the top 25 US jackpots of all time:

1. Mega Millions: $390 million, Mar. 6, 2007
2. Mega Millions: $380 million, Jan. 5 2011
3. Powerball: $365 million, Feb. 18, 2006
4. The Big Game: $363 million, May 9, 2000
5. Powerball: $340 million, Oct. 19, 2005
6. Mega Millions: $336 million, Aug. 28, 2009
7. The Big Game: $331 million, Apr. 16, 2002
8. Mega Millions: $330 million, Aug. 31, 2007
9. Mega Millions: $315 million, Nov. 15, 2005
10. Powerball: $314.9 million, Dec. 26, 2002
11. Powerball: $314.3 million, Aug. 25, 2007
12. Mega Millions: $304 million, Mar. 25, 2011 (preliminary estimate, not won yet)
13. Powerball: $295.7 million, Jul. 29, 1998
14. Powerball: $295 million, Aug. 25, 2001
15. Mega Millions: $294 million, Jul. 2, 2004
16. Powerball: $276.3 million, Mar. 15, 2008
17. Mega Millions: $275 million, Feb. 22, 2008
18. Mega Millions: $270 million, Feb. 28, 2006
19. Mega Millions: $266 million, May 4, 2010
20. Mega Millions: $265 million, Apr. 18, 2006
21. Powerball: $261.6 million, Jun. 2, 2010
22. Powerball: $261.3 million, Jul. 9, 2003
23. Powerball: $259.9 million, Aug. 19, 2009
24. Powerball: $258.5 million, Apr. 21, 2010
25. Mega Millions: $258 million, Sep. 16, 2005

For those of you who have lost count, the USA Mega Millions has just earned itself 12 of the 25 biggest lottery jackpots of all time. Actually, it earned itself 14 out of the 25 spots because the Mega Millions was originally called “The Big Game”, until 2002 when it changed its name to the “USA Mega Millions”.

You learn something new every day.

Good Luck!