Jeff Goldman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

By Jeff Goldman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

The 15 largest jackpots in U.S. lottery history have all been won since November 2012.



It's become even harder to hit the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpot since both redesigned their games in the past two years by adding more numbers. As a result jackpots have grown larger in size as weeks and sometimes months pass without anyone winning the top prize.



Here's the 13 largest jackpots in lottery history:

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15) $399.4 million Powerball jackpot won in South Carolina

No. 15: A married man from the Columbia, S.C. area who chose to remain anonymous won the $399.4 million Powerball jackpot on Sept. 18, 2013. He bought the ticket at Murphy Express, a gas station in Lexington, S.C.

The cash option was worth about $223 million.

South Carolina is one of six states where winners can stay anonymous.

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Florida Lottery

14) $414 Mega Millions jackpot (2 winning tickets)

No. 14: Raymond Moyer and Robyn Collier of Merritt Island, Fla. won half of a $414 million Mega Millions jackpot on March 18, 2014. The other winning ticket was bought by an anonymous player in La Plata, Md.

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13) $420.9 million Powerball jackpot won in Tennessee

No. 13: A group of 20 co-workers at North American Stamping, an auto parts manufacturing plant in Portland, Tenn., shared the $420.9 million Powerball jackpot following the Nov. 26, 2016 drawing. The "Tennessee 20" as they called themselves opted for the cash option and split a pre-tax prize of $254,652,358.97.

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California Lottery

12) $425.3 million Powerball jackpot won in California

No. 12: Northern California retiree B. Raymond Buxton held the only winning ticket for the $425.3 million Powerball jackpot on Feb. 19, 2014. He chose the cash option worth $242.2 million before federal taxes. Photo: California Lottery

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$429M Powerball jackpot winners revealed at press conference The Smith family - a mom and seven adult children - emerged Friday as the winners of the $429.6 million Powerball jackpot and credited "divine intervention" in helping them pick the numbers. Posted by NJ.com on Friday, May 13, 2016

11) $429.6 million Powerball jackpot won in New Jersey

No. 11: Pearlie Mae Smith, 70 and her seven adult children will split a $429.6 million jackpot. The ticket, bought at a 7-Eleven in Trenton, is the largest single-winning ticket sold in New Jersey.

The Smiths bough a cash ticket - worth $284 million - or about $204,480,000 after 25 percent in federal and three percent in state taxes were deducted.

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10) $435.3 million Powerball jackpot won in Indiana

The only jackpot winning ticket for the $435.3 million Powerball jackpot held on Feb. 22, 2017 was sold in Lafayette, Ind. The cash option is worth $243.3 million.

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9) $448.4 million powerball jackpot (3 winning tickets)

No. 9: The "Ocean's 16," all of whom worked at the county garage in Toms River, bought one of three winning tickets for the $448 million Powerball drawing in Aug. 7, 2013. Mario Scarnici of South Brunswick also won one-third of the jackpot. Paul White, an engineer from Minnesota, cashed in the third winning ticket.

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New Hampshire Lottery Commission

8) $487 million jackpot won in New Hampshire

No. 8: A New Hampshire family won the $487 Powerball jackpot for the July 30 drawing. Lawyers for a trust set up by the winners showed up at lottery headquarters to claim the prize, allowing the ticketholders to keep their identity secret.

They took the cash option of $341.7 million and got $256.3 million after federal taxes.

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Indiana Lottery

7) $536 million Mega Millions jackpot won in Indiana

No. 7: A Mega Millions ticket worth $536 million was sold at a Speedway in Cambridge City, Indiana for the July 8, 2016 drawing. The winners were a married couple with two children who set up a limited liability corporation, allowing them to claim their prize anonymously.

The Hamilton County residents chose the cash option of $378 million. They received $271 million after taxes. The prize is the largest won by a single ticket holder in Mega Millions history.

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6) $564.1 million Powerball jackpot (3 winners)

No. 6: Single mother Marie Holmes of Shalotte, N.C. won one-third of a $564.1 million Powerball jackpot on Feb. 11, 2015. The other winning tickets were sold in Texas and Puerto Rico.

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Missouri Lottery

5) $587.5 million Powerball jackpot (2 winning tickets)

No. 5: Cindy and Mark Hill of Missouri (left and second from right) won half of a $587.5 million Powerball jackpot on Nov. 28, 2012. Matthew Good, a then 37-year-old from Fountain Hills, Ariz., held the other jackpot winning ticket.

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Florida Lottery

4) $590.5 million Powerball jackpot won in Florida

No. 4: Gloria MacKenzie, of Zephyrhills, Fla., holds the distinction of winning the largest lottery jackpot which didn't have to shared. The 84-year-old won $590.5 million playing Powerball on May 18, 2013. The cash value of the ticket was $370.9 million. She took home $278 million after taxes.

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3) $648 million Powerball jackpot (2 winners)

No. 3: Ira Curry of Stone Mountain, Ga. won half of the $648 million Mega Millions drawing on Dec. 17, 2013. The other winner was Steve Tran, a delivery driver from Northern California.

Curry chose the cash option and won $173 million. After 25 percent was withheld for federal taxes and another six percent for state taxes, Curry received about $120 million.

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Maryland Lottery

2) $656 million Mega Millions jackpot (3 winners)

No. 2: The "Three Amigos" held one of three winning tickets for the $656 million Mega Millions jackpot in March 2012. The winners, a woman in her 20s, a man in his 40s and another woman in her 50s worked in Maryland's public education system. Other winning tickets were sold in Illinois and Kansas.

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1) $1.58 billion Powerball jackpot (3 winners)

No. 1: Three winning tickets split a record $1,584,000,000 jackpot on Jan. 13, 2016. The lucky tickets were sold in Tennessee, Florida and California. Lisa and John Robinson, of Munford, Tenn., were the only winners to be photographed or interviewed. The Florida winner claimed their winnings as "The Nickel 95 Trust." Marvin and Mae Acosta bought their lucky ticket at a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills, Calif.

The holders of each of the three wining tickets chose the cash option of $327.8 million before taxes.