Edwin Castro remains the largest lottery winner in U.S. history with his epic $2.04 billion Powerball win.

Publix grocery stores in Melbourne Beach and Neptune Beach, Florida, and Newnan, Georgia, have ties to Mega Millions, Powerball billion-dollar lotteries.

One week ago, lottery frenzy peaked after Mega Millions zeroed in on $1 billion — and after months of rollovers, we have a winner just before the 2025 Thanksgiving holiday.

A Publix grocery store in Georgia sold the sole ticket that matched five numbers plus the Mega Ball in the Friday, Nov. 14, Mega Millions drawing for $980 million. A week after the epic win, the jackpot remained the eighth-largest in Mega Millions history (see below).

Mega Millions reset to $50 million on Nov. 18, and rolled over later night, forgoing a

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