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PHOTOS: Top lottery jackpots in North American history

Yahoo Finance Canada

Other lotteries around the world hardly compare with Powerball and Mega Millions in the United States. The jackpots, often reaching hundreds of millions of dollars, consistently set records. By way of comparison, the largest Canadian jackpot, which was won on Oct. 15, 2015, totaled a measly $64 million. As the draw nears for another record-breaking Powerball lottery, now at almost $1 billion, we take a look at some of the largest jackpots in U.S. history.