$758 million, Powerball won August 24, 2018, by Mavis Wanczyk of Massachusets.
If you die shortly right after getting the prize, you won’t have nearly adequate money on hand to satisfy the taxes due.
There was a loss in the number of players, but the new game — which also made additional probabilities to win smaller sized, $1 million and $two million prizes — has brought in 52 % far more in sales, Strutt said.