Have you ever wondered what it means to win millions of dollars with just a small amount of money? Come on, you must have wondered what to do with a high amount of money in that moment you make the decision to buy your lottery ticket.
However, there are some people that have experienced that feeling in real life. I mean, that feeling of actually winning a huge amount of money.
The identity of the lottery winners is not always revealed, so it’s best to look at these through the largest payouts and how they were divided. Here are the top eight jackpots of all time with respect to total payout.

1. $1.6 billion This Powerball draw took place on January 13, 2016: The record-shattering jackpot was split three ways. Two of the winning ticket holders came forward soon after the drawing. But, it took six months for the final winners to come foreward -- a couple in Chino Hills, California, who claimed their prize on July 19.
One winning ticket was sold to John and Lisa Robinson of Munford, Tennessee -- who appeared on NBC's "Today" show before ever cashing their ticket in. They opted to take their $528.8 million share of the prize in one lump-sum payment of $327.8 million.
Maureen Smith, a 70-year-old from Melbourne Beach, Florida, also claimed a third of the winnings. She told the Florida Lottery that she had played the lottery -- and bought tickets with the same six numbers -- for years before winning the jackpot.

2. $656 Million - Three winning tickets were cashed on the March 30, 2012 Mega Millions drawing, which, as of this writing, is the largest jackpot total as well as the largest cash payout (471 million). The only winning ticket holders to be identified were Merle and Patricia Butler of the small Southern Illinois town of Red Bud. The other winners were a group of teachers in Milford Mill, Maryland, and a single anonymous winner in Ottawa, Kansas.

3. $648 Million - The second largest jackpot was also a Mega Millions drawing. The December 17, 2013, drawing brought two winning ticket holders a total cash value of 347.6 million. Steve Tran, a delivery truck driver in northern California, claimed half of the prize while Ira Curry, a Georgia woman, who said she bet on a combination of family birthdays. claimed the other half.

4. $590.5 Million - The Powerball payout went to a single winner: Gloria Mackenzie, who was 84 years old at the time of the drawing on May 18, 2013. The Florida woman received the highest single amount of cash collected by a single winner (370.9 million). This particular draw also featured the unluckiest lottery player of all time: the gracious gentleman who let Mackenzie go ahead of him in line to purchase a quick pick ticket.

5. $587.5 Million - The Powerball drawing on November 28, 2012, produced two winning tickets for an overall cash payout of 384.7 million, the all-time record in cash payouts on a single drawing for Powerball. The prize was split between Matthew Good of the Phoenix, Arizona, suburb of Fountain Hills, and Mark and Cindy Hill of Dearborn, Missouri. Good and his wife attempted to remain anonymous, but public records laws forced the disclosure of his name.

6. $564 million - The February 2015 Powerball drawing produced three winners and a cash value of 381 million. The first winner to claim was Marie Holmes, a 26-year old single mother of four from Shallotte, North Carolina. A second winner in Puerto Rico has decided to remain anonymous, and a third winning ticket was sold at the Appletree Food Mart in Princeton, Texas, near the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The proceeds from the Texas ticket have been placed in a trust under the name TL Management Trust.

7. $540 million - The Mega Millions draw took place on July 8, 2016: A single winning ticket for this grand prize was sold in Indiana .A Hamilton County family claimed the Mega Millions jackpot Friday but took steps to protect their privacy.
A marketing representative for the family said the money would go to the Warren LLC, a limited liability corporation.

8. $487 million - The Powerball draw took place on July 30, 2016: The lone winning ticket for Saturday's Powerball jackpot -- estimated at $487 million -- was sold in New Hampshire.

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