Biggest lottery winners ever

Factual Questions
1

Anyone know of a list of the biggest lotto winners in history? I did Google, and Wiki. I’m talking US and all the other countries that do lotteries:

Austria
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Ireland
Israel
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
South Africa
Spain
United Kingdom

I know Google yields the several biggest in US history. I want like a top 100 list of all time of the biggest winners, converted into modern American money.

Odds of getting this list: 1 in 14 million. :wink:

2

I think that the biggest payout in Australia has been around AUD$30 million in a Powerball draw several years ago. I recall that the winners lived in Western Australia somewhere. Prizes in Australia are paid as tax-free lump sums.

3

I also seem to recall that they wanted to be anonymous, but no, that wasn’t good enough, and they were tracked down and “exposed”

4

Oh absolutely- lottery winnings, as this site will tell you, ruin lives.

Read about Jack Whittaker, the largest US lotto winner in history, 113 Million lump payment after taxes.

5

I cannot wait until I have my life ruined by a lottery win. I hope it happens this Friday, in fact. I’ll be on pins & needles.