A lot of Louisiana families may have turned out their lights last night dreaming of waking up in a totally different income bracket than the one in which they fell asleep. Such is the way of "champagne wishes and caviar dreams" if we might borrow from the old TV show  Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. Unfortunately, no one in Louisiana woke up that much richer this morning than when they went to bed last night. At least where the Powerball Lottery game is concerned.

Powerball Jackpot Expected To Reach A Whopping Record-Breaking 1.5 Billion Dollars
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Wednesday's Powerball Lottery top prize was an estimated annuitized amount of $698.6 million when the ping pong balls dropped last night. Here's how they landed.

The numbers that came bouncing out of the hopper last night were:

13   22   27   54   66   Powerball 09  Power Play  x2

If you're checking numbers, please verify those numbers here, at the Official Powerball Website. And chances are if you're in Louisiana you're going to be disappointed when you check your numbers. The largest prize won in Louisiana in Wednesdays (03.20.24) Powerball drawing was $200.

Texas Lottery via YouTube
Texas Lottery via YouTube
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If you played Powerball west of the Sabine River in Texas your ticket may have fared a little better. The Texas Lottery has confirmed three $50,000 winners and another $100,000 winner. So, you can add that bit of Lone Star luck into the two million dollar wins we reported earlier this week out of Houston, Texas. Those million dollar winners were made in Monday's Powerball drawing and Tuesday's Mega Millions Game.

Louisiana Lottery Confirms $825,000 Winning Ticket Sold for Wednesday Drawing

Since Powerball was the drawing that was on most everyone's mind last night it's pretty easy to allow some of the other draw games to slip to the backburner. The Louisiana Lottery's Lotto game is one of those that you probably didn't think about playing, but someone in Louisiana did.

Louisiana Lottery Corporation via YouTube
Louisiana Lottery Corporation via YouTube
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The Louisiana Lottery, via its Big Wins page is confirming preliminary details of a Lotto ticket sold for Wednesday night that matched all the numbers needed to take that game's top prize. In this case the top prize was $825,000.

Where Was the Winning Louisiana Lottery Ticket Sold?

Last night's big win in Lotto bucks the "tradition" of big money winners being sold usually within 50 miles either side of I-10. By the way, that's a fact, look it up. Instead of a South Louisiana winner we have a north Louisiana win in the town of Coushatta. That community is located in Red River Parish and the Louisiana Lottery has confirmed a retailer in that town sold the big money Lotto winner. We should get more point of purchase details from the Lottery later today.

Two Multi-State Lotteries Each Offer Over $400 Jackpots
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What are the Current Powerball and Mega Millions Jackpots?

Since neither multi-state lottery game has gotten a jackpot winner in quite a while both games have huge amounts of cash to win. Powerball will be an estimated $750 million when they draw next on Saturday night.

The Mega Millions drawing will be held tomorrow night, Friday March 22,2024, and when the balls drop from the hopper the estimated top prize in that game will be $977 million.

Louisiana Lottery Corporation via YouTube
Louisiana Lottery Corporation via YouTube
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The Lotto jackpot will return to its starting total of $500,000 on Saturday night and Easy 5 will rollover even more money for its Saturday game. The top prize in Easy 5 will be an estimated $120,000.

As a reminder, most lottery tickets do not create a cash advantage for the player. In other words, you're probably not going to win, so if you do play, play responsibly. If you need help with gambling or issues associated with a gambling problem please call 1-877-770-STOP (7867). Good Luck.

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