Local Giant Eagle sold biggest Ohio lottery prize ever

Jordan Unger
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CLEVELAND (WJW) – What are the chances of winning millions, or even billions, of dollars while playing the lottery? Pretty slim, but lucky winners across the country have beaten those odds.

Casivoo, a Canada-based tech and iGaming company founded in 2023, compiled a list of the largest lottery prizes won in every state.

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In a press release, a spokesperson said data in the study was taken from local news reports and other outlets that report lottery wins.

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According to the study, the largest lottery prize in Ohio was a $375 million Mega Millions jackpot back in 2019. Ohio Lottery confirmed this to FOX 8.

Ohio Lottery says that prize was claimed in trust by “The Great Hope Trust” trustee Brian C. Mulhall. The trust chose the cash option of about $182 million after state and federal taxes.

The winning ticket was sold at the Giant Eagle on Tyler Boulevard in Mentor. The grocery store also received a $100,000 bonus for selling the ticket.

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According to the Casivoo study, these 10 states had the largest jackpot prizes:

  1. California – $2.04 billion (2022)

  2. Florida – $1.588 billion (2023)

  3. South Carolina – $1.537 billion (2018)

  4. Maine – $1.348 billion (2023)

  5. Illinois – $1.337 billion (2022)

  6. Michigan – $1.05 billion (2021)

  7. Wisconsin – $768.4 million (2019)

  8. Massachusetts – $758.7 million (2017)

  9. Washington – $754.6 million (2023)

  10. New Hampshire – $559.7 million (2018)

Find the full list in the study above.

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