2016 in California, Florida and Tennessee. The next largest prize - $1.586 billion – was won in Jan.
The last billion-dollar Powerball prize - the jaw-dropping $2.04 billion - was won in California in November of last year. There were match five winners who won $1 million in California, Indiana, Oregon and Virginia. Monday's jackpot was the third-largest prize in Powerball history, officials previously said, making Wednesday's prize now the second-largest.įlorida had at least one ticket on Monday that matched five and got the power play number, all adding up to a $2 million win.
