Kentucky (FOX 56) — Kentucky isn’t known for raking in the jackpots, but a handful of people have walked away with a life-changing sum.

In 2022, the Kentucky Lottery spent over $1 billion on Kentucky Lottery games. with the historic $1.34 billion megamillions jackpot and $2.04 billion jackpot on the line, it made sense people were shelling out money.

According to Powerball, there is a 1 in 292.2 million chance to win a Powerball jackpot. You have a greater chance of getting struck by lightning — less than 1 in a million, according to the CDC — than getting all six numbers right in a Powerball drawing.

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You can increase your chances by buying more tickets. As Springfield College Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Andrew Perry explained to Nexstar’s WWLP, buying 100 tickets would cut your odds to about 1 in 2.92 million instead of 1 in 292.2 million.

Only five states have never one a jackpot: Utah, Nevada, Hawaii, Alaska, and Alabama. Kentucky has had 18 Powerball winners since 1995 when three people in LaCenter split a $33.7 million jackpot. No one in Kentucky has won a Mega Millions jackpot.

1. Rob Anderson Jr. — Georgetown, Dec. 26, 2009, $128.6 MILLION

2. Kent Miller — Madison, Tennessee, Jan. 24, 1996, $89.3 MILLION

3. Melvin Rhodes & Family — Clinton, Tennessee, April 19, 2000, $80 MILLION

4. David Edwards — Westwood, Aug. 25, 2001, $73.8 MILLION

5. Mack Metcalf — Florence & Virginia Metcalf — Dayton, July 22, 2000, $65.4 MILLION

6. Brenda Knopp — Bloomfield, April 20, 1994, $64.2 MILLION

7. The Nukote 22 — Bardstown, Sept. 27,2007 $61.5 MILLION

8. James Christian — Burns, Tennessee, May 27, 2000, $60.6 MILLION
    Ronnie Mays — Lavergne, Tennessee
    Andy Perry — Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
    Mike Aldrerice — Lewisburg, Tennessee

9. Andy Davidson — Evansville, Indiana, June 18, 1997, $57.5 MILLION

10. Richard Barbella — Lexington, July 20, 2002, $41.5 MILLION

11. James & William Draper & Phyllis Newton — LaCenter, Dec. 16, 1995, $33.7 MILLION

12. Linville Huff — Shepherdsville, Dec. 12, 2007, $33.6 MILLION

13. Gwen Howard & Robert Mayton — Calhoun, Oct. 26, 1996, $28.2 MILLION

14. Henry Fugate & Thelma Fourtney — Fisty, Aug. 13, 1996, $22.9 MILLION

15. Muncie Meade — Simpsonville, Dec. 11, 2010, $19.12 MILLION

16. Joe & Lili Anderson — Murray, June 19, 2002, $14 MILLION

17. Alva Osborne — Shepherdsville, July 16, 2003, $13.5 MILLION

18. William & Pearlene McGaughey — Louisville, Nov. 3, 1999, $5 MILLION