Louisiana Lottery Confirms $70,000 Win Wednesday Night

(KMDL-FM) Wednesday night is a big night for lottery players in Louisiana. That's when the Louisiana Lottery hosts three big drawings. One of those is the multi-state Powerball game. The other two are the Louisiana-based Lotto game and the Easy 5 game.

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Here's our advice: if you played a draw game with the Louisiana Lottery on Wednesday night. You need to check your tickets because someone is holding a confirmed winner of $70,000 in Wednesday's drawings.

The multi-state game Powerball was the game with the largest jackpot. On Wednesday night, Louisiana players, as well as players from almost every state in the union, were hoping that Lady Luck could make the ping pong balls bounce their way for a chance to win $100.4 million.

How Much Was the Powerball Jackpot on Wednesday, April 22, 2026?

If you played Powerball, I'm sure you'd love to see how the drawing played out. We aim to please. Here is the Powerball drawing for Wednesday, April 22, 2026.

Regular viewers of the Powerball drawing will certainly note that host Laura Johnson has added the summer highlights to her hairstyle. But despite the change in appearance, neither Laura nor Lady Luck was enough to persuade the ping pong balls to land with the proper numbers.

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That's a roundabout way of saying nobody won the big money. There was a Match 5 Million winner sold in Michigan. Louisiana's largest prize win in Powerball on Wednesday was only $200. Four tickets earned that prize.

The Louisiana Lottery also confirmed that another three tickets sold for Wednesday's Powerball earned a prize of $100. We should note that more than 3,000 tickets sold for Wednesday's Powerball game in Louisiana earned their money back or doubled their money.

What Were the Powerball Numbers for Wednesday, April 22, 2026?

Here are the numbers from Wednesday's Powerball:

24   29   32   49   63   Powerball 11   Power Play x2

The next largest prize in the Wednesday arsenal of games from the Louisiana Lottery was connected to the Lotto game. That game hasn't seen a winner in a while because on Wednesday, the amount in the jackpot account was listed at $1,175,000.00.

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Unfortunately, no Louisiana player gets to take that money home yet. There was no jackpot winner in Lotto last night. Ten tickets sold for the game earned a prize of $1,000. The next time we draw for Lotto on Saturday, the jackpot prize is expected to be $1.225 million.

Easy 5 Game Gets a Winner - Where was the $70,000 Ticket Sold?

You've probably deduced that the big winner on Wednesday night came from the Easy 5 game. That game had just produced a big winner about two weeks ago. Last night, Easy 5 served up more easy money with a $70,000 jackpot win.

According to our sources with the Louisiana Lottery, the jackpot winner was sold in Metairie, Louisiana. The exact point of purchase has not been disclosed by our sources at the Lottery; that information will likely come later this morning.

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One other game of note, if you play Scrabble with the Louisiana Lottery and you purchased a ticket for that game on April 19, you have some money coming to you. According to the Unclaimed Prizes tab at the Louisiana Lottery website, there is a $15,000 winner that's unclaimed.