
Louisiana Lottery Confirms Single Ticket Wins Mega Millions
As school system administrators in several Louisiana Parishes including Lafayette, Acadiana, Iberia, Jeff Davis, and a host of others were announcing closings because of the cold weather on Friday. Administrators with the Louisiana Lottery were bringing the heat in the form of a Mega Millions multi-state lottery jackpot win.
Of the two multi-state lottery games available through the Louisiana Lottery Mega Millions had gotten the most recent winner. That's why last night's Mega Millions jackpot was listed at $113 million and tonight's Powerball game will draw for a prize in excess of $331 million about 10 o'clock.
I suppose it's only in lottery games and lottery wins where we discount winning $113 million because we could have won so much more had we matched the right numbers in a similar game. Regardless, I bet the person holding the single ticket that matched the following numbers is waking up very excited.
Here's how the drawing unfolded for Mega Millions on Saturday, January 17, 2025.
Our sources at Mega Millions and the Louisiana Lottery have both confirmed that a single ticket sold for Saturday's drawing matched all the numbers needed to claim the top prize of $113 million for the annuitized jackpot. If the holder of the winning ticket opted for the cash payout they'd be getting $50.4 million. Naturally, all of those numbers are before the IRS and other taxing entities get involved and you know they will.
Sadly, we can't report that Saturday's jackpot win was a history-making win in Louisiana. Louisiana has never produced a Mega Millions Jackpot winner and our perfect record is still intact. The big-money winner was sold in Arizona.
We have also confirmed that two tickets sold for last night, one in Florida and the other in Michigan, earned a one million dollar prize for matching all five of the white balls but not the Mega Ball. Speaking of the numbers, here they are if you missed seeing them in the video of last night's drawing above.
08 10 37 54 69 Mega Ball 22 Megaplier x3
If you feel as if your ticket is a winner in one of the many number match scenarios that payback on Mega Millions you'll want to verify that ticket at the Official Louisiana Lottery Website or the Official Mega Millions Website. Those are the sites of record and also have additional prize redemption information that can make getting your money or other prizes even easier to claim.
The largest prize we saw won on a Louisiana-sold ticket was a $600 winner. There were three tickets that won that amount. Two other tickets earned a prize of $500 and a couple more earned a prize of $200. It was not a lucrative lottery night in Louisiana.
That just means more good luck for Saturday night, right? Tonight's Powerball as we've mentioned is $331 million for the estimated annuitized jackpot amount. The Lotto Game in Louisiana has a sizeable jackpot too. It's over one million dollars at $1.05 million. Easy 5 is also growing its jackpot. Tonight the Easy 5 game will pay $180,000 on a ticket that matches all five numbers.
Please remember that all lottery games involve the risk of losing money. If you can't afford to lose your money then you shouldn't play. If that desire overrides your ability to self-police your actions you might need help. If you feel you do, call 1-877-770-STOP (7867). Good Luck.
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