New York Record Setting Mega Millions Jackpot Tonight

If you want to be the new record holder for the largest lottery jackpot ever won in New York State, you might want to buy a ticket for tonight's Mega Millions.

Tonight's jackpot of $525 million dollars would be the new record for the largest lottery jackpot ever won by a New York resident.

The $525 million dollar Mega Millions jackpot is almost $50 million dollar more than the current record of $476 million dollars. That record was set in April of last year.

Here is a look at the Top 6 Largest Lottery Jackpots in New York State history.

6. $202 Million Dollars

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

5.$208 Million Dollars

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

4. $319 Million Dollars

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.

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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.

2. $432 Million Dollars

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

1. $476 Million Dollars

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

If you are hoping to set the new record just know the odds are against you. The current odds of winning the Mega Millions grand-prize jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.