Where Can I Find the Biggest Jackpots?

The lotteries with the largest starting jackpots came from the US and Europe. The biggest jackpots in the world, both starting and awarded, belong to the US Powerball and Mega Millions. Both have reset lottery jackpot prizes to approximately US $ 20 million* each time they win. This is bigger than many lottery biggest payouts! The second biggest starting prize belongs to Europe’s transnational star: The EuroMillions. The top prize starts at € 17 million and can grow with each rollover until it reaches the prize cap.

Traditionally, if you play the national lottery in a particular country, you must be a resident of that country. However, in Lottoland, you can bet on international lotteries wherever you live. This is because Lottoland has a unique business model that allows you to bet on the results of lotteries from around the world.

The ways to win, also called prize divisions, are the different combinations that can be matched to win a prize. In SA Lotto you have seven ways to win in that range from the easiest - matching three balls - to the winning jackpot combination that matches all six. You might think that having more ways to win makes it easier to win the lottery but unfortunately that is not the case. Take UK Lotto and SuperEnalotto as examples. Both offer only six ways to win but in terms of odds the gap is miles away with UK Lotto having some of the best odds and SuperEnalotto having some of the worst.

From the national lottery of Luxembourg - a European country with a population of over 500,000 - to the likes of the US Powerball and EuroMillions, lotteries come in a variety of shapes and sizes. We have done our research and compiled the most important information on the biggest and most beautiful lotteries around.

A $ 1.586 billion US Powerball prize won in January 2016 is currently the largest lottery jackpot ever won. It was split into three winners from California, Florida and Tennessee, who were each eligible to take home a $ 533 million prize cut. Readmore