Lotto America , one of the popular lottery games that are a part of Powerball , announced its latest jackpot winner . Earlier this week, a lucky lottery player from Minnesota hit the game’s jackpot by guessing correctly all six numbers drawn on Wednesday. To win the grand prize, the player guessed correctly all red balls: 7, 12, 17, 22 and 52, along with blue Star Ball 3, granting him the game’s jackpot, a whopping $3.11 million .



The aforementioned $3.11 million represents annual installment payments for a period of 29 years. In case the winner selects a lump cash sum , the jackpot would be decreased to $1.43 million . Still, it is important to mention the two sums are estimated before taxes are applied .



The latest jackpot win marks the second time a Lotto America jackpot has been won in Minnesota since the start of the year . Last month, on March 4, 2024 , another jackpot from the popular lottery game was won. At the time, a lucky player secured a $3.73 million win.



Currently, Lotto America is played in 13 US states , including Minnesota, New Mexico, Iowa, Delaware, Tennessee and West Virginia, among others. The price of the draw game is $1 and the overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 9.63 . On the other hand, the odds of winning the Lotto America jackpot are 1 in 25.9 million .



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The biggest Lotto America jackpot was won on April 1, 2023, in Iowa . At the time, a lucky lottery player secured the mind-blowing $40.03 million . The second-biggest prize from the popular lottery game dropped back in March 2018 when a player from Minnesota won $22.82 million . A lucky player from Minnesota is also the holder of the third-largest Lotto America jackpot from July 2019 when they won $21.6 million .



In September, a lottery player from Tennessee secured a $9.71 million jackpot from Lotto America, while in December , another player from the same state took home a $3.1 million jackpot.



Considering the most recent win, the Lotto America grand prize is now reset to $2 million . In case a player wins the prize on the next draw, they can secure a cash sum of $920,000 . The next drawing of Lotto America is scheduled for Saturday, April 27 .