Who won the Powerball in 2016?

$1.586 billion (Powerball) The winners — John and Lisa Robinson in Tennessee, Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt in Florida and Marvin and Mae Acosta in California — split the full prize, giving them the option of roughly $533 million before taxes as an annuity or $327.8 million as the lump-sum payment.

What is the highest the Texas Lottery has ever been?

A Leander resident claimed a $227 million Mega Millions® jackpot prize for the drawing held on Sept. 24. The claimant chose the cash value option and received $157,091,592, the largest prize ever paid out to a single Texas Lottery® player.

Who won the 1.6 billion dollar lottery?

$1.586 billion (Powerball) John and Lisa Robinson in Tennessee, Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt in Florida and Marvin and Mae Acosta in California all had the option of roughly $533 million before taxes as an annuity or $327.8 million as the lump-sum payment.

Who won the 1.5 billion dollar lottery?

In 2016, Indialantic “lottery lawyer” Kurt Panouses represented the Melbourne Beach couple who bought a Powerball ticket at their neighborhood Publix and won a piece of a $1.586 billion prize — the biggest jackpot in history. Now, Panouses is representing the winners of America’s third-biggest jackpot of all time.

Has a Texan ever won the Powerball?

TL Management Trust, $564.1 million Powerball jackpot, February 11, 2015. A huge $564 million Powerball jackpot, one of the biggest American lottery prizes ever awarded, was split between three winning tickets. The Texan share of the prize, worth $127,046,150 (cash value option), was claimed by the TL Management Trust.

Who won the first Texas Lottery?

Susan Holten
The winner was Susan Holten, from Carrollton. The lottery’s first game was the scratch game Lone Star Millions, with the first ticket sold to then Gov. Ann Richards at Polk’s Feed Store in Oak Hill on May 29, 1992. First-day sales of 23.2 million tickets sets a then-world record.

Has anyone in Texas ever won the Mega Millions jackpot?

Texas has had eight other Mega Millions jackpot prize winners. Mega Millions players win the jackpot by correctly matching five numbers from a field of 56, plus the Mega Ball number from a field of 46.