Someone in Louisiana must have enjoyed a little Lady Luck over the weekend because, by Monday evening, they had earned a nice chunk of change from the Powerball drawing.
The Powerball drawing held on Saturday night proved to be quite the windfall for one Lottery player in the great state of Texas to the tune of $1 million.
Someone in Texas is waking up one million dollars richer, as Texas Lottery officials confirmed one of the big winners of the Mega Millions drawing on Friday, August 23, 2024, came from a ticket bought in Abilene.
As you probably know by now, the record-breaking $2+ billion Powerball drawing that was supposed to happen on Monday evening didn't happen due to a technical glitch.
Terry Hill of Baton Rouge was ready to call it a night on Tuesday after playing a couple of hours at the Magnolia Bluffs Casino in Natchez, Mississippi. He was ready to take his $800 winnings and call it a day. Good thing he didn't!