Edwin Castro holds the record of largest lottery jackpot win with the November 2022 Powerball prize of $2.04 billion.

Edwin Castro was the sole winner of the $2.04 billion Powerball.

The lottery frenzy is building!

As Powerball nears $2 billion — the Saturday, Sept. 6, jackpot was at $1.80 billion as of Friday, Sept. 5 — some players are hoping a $5 Mega Millions ticket will make them a multimillionaire.

As they say in the lottery business, “it could happen to you.” A big Mega Millions win happened for one lucky someone in June, and last week, another Mega Millions ticket sold in Florida won a secondary prize of $3 million. The last winning Mega Millions ticket , from Virginia, matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball in the Friday, June 27, drawing for a $348 million prize

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