One of the best paying jobs in the world just might have been being a meat packer in Nebraska in early 2006 if you happened to be a part of a group of 8 that watched 15, 17, 43, 44 and 48, with a Powerball number of 29 drawn on February 18, 2006. Luckily for them those were the exact same numbers they selected and when the final ball fell those 8 meat packers were in possession of the world’s most expensive lottery ticket.

The ticket was worth a meaty $365 million but they opted for the instant payout and David Gehle, Chasity Rutjens, Dung Tran, Robert Stewart, Mike Terpstra, Alain Maboussou, Quang Dao and Eric Zornes each brought home the bacon in the sum of $15.5 million  USD.

On March 6, 2007, a Mega Millions jackpot worth $390 million was split by two tickets, although this was the largest lottery prize, each ticket was only worth $195 million.

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