8. $425.3 million on USA Powerball (February 19th, 2014)
One lucky winner won our 8th biggest lottery jackpot in history in 2014. He is from California. His name is B. Raymond Buxton. And he went home $425.3 million richer.
Buxton showed up to claim the prize, but he demanded the media covering the ceremony to hide his face. An attempt to remain partly anonymous?
Besides Buxton, 18 other people won $1 million each as second prize winners. They are divided among 12 states. Two of them are from the same state as Buxton.
The second prize winners are 1 from Arizona, 2 from California, 2 from Florida, 2 from Georgia, 1 from Indiana, 1 from Louisiana, 2 from New York, 1 from Ohio, 1 from Pennsylvania, 1 from South Carolina, 2 from Tennessee, 1 from Texas (with Power Play), and 1 from West Virginia.
