The biggest lottery jackpot wins in Arizona
With the current Powerball drawing and current Mega Millions drawing increasing in price with no jackpot winner, you may be wondering how likely it is your ticket would hit big if you bought it in Arizona.
Arizona has had its fair share of jackpot winners between the Powerball and Mega Millions drawings. Here are the top ten biggest jackpot wins in Arizona from both the Powerball and Mega Millions lottery.
10: $47.05 million in 2006
The 10th biggest jackpot won in Arizona was a Powerball prize on Nov. 1, 2006, for $47.05 million. A group of coworkers and two spouses from a Valley architecture firm split the jackpot with a winner from Minnesota, the East Valley Tribune reported in 2006.
“This will be the first time in my life I’ll be debt-free,” winner Scott Alack said at the time.
Cash or annuity: Cash that was split because there were two sets of winners in a $94 million jackpot
Who: Tanya and Steve Poirier, Mark Kristen, Dawn and Mitchel Levy, Jinia Sarkar, Eve Kalliokoski, Andrew Schuh, and Scott Alack
Jackpot: $94 million
Type: Powerball
When: 2006 (Nov. 1)
9: $60 million in 2017
The ninth biggest jackpot won in Arizona was a Powerball prize on April 1, 2017 for $60 million.
Cash or annuity: Cash for $36,452,004.24
Who: Anonymous
Jackpot: $60 million
Type: Powerball
When: 2017 (April 1)
Winning tickets: $200k Powerball winner sold in Chandler; $50k Powerball winner sold in Flagstaff
8: $77 million in 1995
The eighth biggest jackpot won in Arizona was a Powerball prize on April 12, 1995, for $77 million.
Jackpot: $77 million
Type: Powerball
When: 1995 (April 12)
7: $83.9 million in 2001
The seventh biggest jackpot won in Arizona was a Powerball prize on April 15, 2001, for $83.9 million.
Jackpot: $83.9 million
Type: Powerball
When: 2001 (April 15)
6: $95.3 million in 2002
The sixth biggest jackpot won in Arizona was a tie between the Powerball prize won on Jan. 26, 2002, and the Powerball prize won on Dec. 1, 2011, both for $95.3 million.
Jackpot: $95.3 million
Type: Powerball
When: 2011 ( Dec. 1) and 2002 (Jan. 26)
5: $101 million in 1995
The fifth biggest jackpot won in Arizona was a Powerball prize on March 4, 1995, for $101 million.
Jackpot: $101 million
Type: Powerball
When: 1995 (March 4)
4: $108 million in 2021
The fourth biggest jackpot won in Arizona was a Mega Millions prize on Oct. 20, 2021, for $108 million. The prize was claimed by three family members from Lake Havasu: a man, his wife and her brother, who wanted to remain anonymous.
The three prize winners said they played $60 every week. For this drawing, they chose a quick pick.
"I was jumping up and down and screaming," the winner said to Arizona Lottery.
Jackpot: $108 million
Cash or annuity: Cash for $75.2 million
Who: Three family members from Lake Havasu City: a man, his wife and her brother, who wanted to remain anonymous.
Type: Mega Millions
When: 2021 (Oct.20)
Million dollar weekend: Over $1M in lottery ticket wins from metro Phoenix over weekend
3: $414 million in 2020
The third biggest jackpot won in Arizona was a Mega Millions prize on June 9, 2020, for $414 million. A Glendale couple who wanted to remain anonymous took home the money. He was 70 at the time and she was 63.
"It’s an amazing feeling, and this is proof that you can't win if you don’t play,” he said to Mega Millions. “I feel lighter now and it’s incredible to know that there will never be another bill that I can’t pay.”
Jackpot: $414 million
Cash or annuity: Cash for $319.9 million
Who: A couple from Glendale who remained anonymous
Where: Circle K, located at 20203 N. 67th Ave. in Glendale.
Type: Mega Millions
When: 2020 ( June 9)
2: $473.1 million in 2022
The second biggest jackpot won in Arizona was a Powerball prize on April 27, 2022, for $473.1 million.
Jackpot: $473.1 million
Cash or Annuity: Cash for $283,269,626.72
Who: An anonymous Gilbert couple
Type: Powerball
When: 2022 (April 27)
1: $587.5 million in 2012
The biggest jackpot won in Arizona was a Powerball Prize on Nov. 28, 2012, for $587.5 million.
Who: Matthew Good
Cash or Annuity: Cash for $384,747,857.92 (split)
Jackpot: $587.5 million
Type: Powerball
When: 2012 (Nov. 28)
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: 10 biggest lottery jackpots won in Arizona
