Wednesday's Powerball Jackpot Would Break Records In New York

Thousands of people are getting ready for tonight's Powerball drawing which is one of the largest in Lottery history.

At the time of this writing, the estimated jackpot for tonight's Powerball drawing is $1.09 Billion dollars.

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The current record was set in April of 2023 when 71-year-old Johnnie Taylor was named the winner of the $476 million dollar Mega Millions drawing.

A group of players who played under an LLC named 1937 Flatbush Ave Dodgers LLC won the Powerball prize on June 1st, 2011.

Daniel Bruckner claimed the Mega Millions jackpot winning just a shade over $200 million dollars in December of 2011.

Seven co-workers from Albany pulled their money and had the winning ticket for the Mega Millions. They took home $319 million dollars in 2011.

3. $326 Million Dollars

Harold Diamond held the record for the largest lottery jackpot in New York for seven years. He took home the Mega Millions jackpot in 2014.

This winning Mega Millions ticket was sold in September of 2021. The NY Lottery does not know who owns the tickets.

Johnnie Taylor took home the jackpot from the Mega Millions drawing in April of 2023.

Any of those jackpots could help some dreams come true. Remember if you plan on playing the lottery, play responsibly.

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These numbers come up the most often in the Mega Millions drawing.

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These numbers come up most often in the Powerball drawing.

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