Notable prizes

Prize (local currency)	Lottery	Country	Winner	Date	Notes
$390m	Mega Millions	United States	Won by one ticket holder from New Jersey and one from Georgia	6 March 2007	World's largest jackpot
$365m	Powerball	United States	One ticket bought jointly by eight co-workers at a Nebraska meat processing plant	18 February 2006	World's largest single ticket winner
$363m	The Big Game	United States	Two winning tickets: Larry and Nancy Ross (Michigan), Joe and Sue Kainz (Illinois)	9 May 2000	The Big Game is now named Mega Millions
$314.9 Million	Powerball	United States	Andrew Jackson “Jack” Whittaker, Jr.	2002-12-25	World's largest single person winner
€180m	EuroMillions	France ×2,  Portugal ×1	Three ticket holders	3 February 2006	Europe's largest jackpot
€147,8m	SuperEnalotto	Italy	One ticket holder from Bagnone (Toscana)	22 August 2009	Europe's largest single winner
€126m	EuroMillions	Spain	Anonymous 25 year-old woman	8 May 2009	Largest single winner in EuroMillions.
£42m	National Lottery	United Kingdom	Three ticket holders	6 January 1996
€37.6m	National Lottery	Germany	Won by a nurse from North Rhine-Westphalia	7 October 2006	Largest German prize and single winner
€25m	State Lottery	Netherlands	Ticket sold in The Hague	10 July 2008	Tax free lump sum
€115m	Euro Millions	Ireland	Dolores McNamara	August 2005	Biggest single winner and jackpot (Ireland) Tax free lump sum
€42m			Jordan Banks	August 2008	Tax free lump sum
₱347.8m (US$4.765m)	Philippine Lotto Draw	Philippines	Two winners in Luzon	22 February 2009	Asia's largest prize
R$145m	Mega-Sena	Brazil	Won by one ticket holder from Brasília (Federal District) and one from Santa Rita do Passa Quatro (São Paulo)	31 December 2009	South America's largest prize
£56m	EuroMillions	United Kingdom	Nigel Page and his partner Justine Laycock. The total jackpot of £113m was shared with a winner in Spain.	12 January 2010	Britain's biggest ever lottery prize