Should there be a winner in California, for example, it would be the state’s 14th Powerball jackpot, but only its fourth-largest. The same can’t exactly be said for other states. So if a winning ticket is sold in any of these areas, it’ll not only be their first but their largest. Only five of these jurisdictions have never sold a Powerball jackpot-winning ticket: Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, Wyoming, and the U.S. Powerball is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. These are the best, worst states to win the lottery inĭepending on where the winning ticket (or tickets) is sold, it could also become a state’s largest-ever Powerball jackpot.
