Did Anyone in Louisiana Win Big in Powerball Drawing?

SHREVEPORT, LA – There is a winner in the monster Powerball drawing on Saturday night. This is the 2^nd whopper of a jackpot won in the past week in the big drawings. One ticket in New Jersey won the $1.13 Mega Millions drawing last week.

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And now our Powerball dreaming is over. There is one lucky ticket for the $1.326 billion dollar jackpot. The jackpot now drops back to $20 million dollars.

It is fun to think about winning. I love dreaming about having unlimited wealth and all that comes with that. It would be fun to be able to buy vacation homes and luxury cars. But it would also be fun to share the wealth with friends and families and charity organizations.

What State Has the Winning Ticket?

The latest big winner is from the state of Oregon. One ticket matched all 6 numbers to win the big prize. The lump sum payout is $621 million.

Nationwide, the Powerball drawing produced more than 4.5 million winning tickets, including seven tickets that matched all five white balls to win $1 million prizes. The $1 million-winning tickets were sold in Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan and Wyoming.

Here’s a list of the top 25 prizes from Powerball and Mega Millions:

1. $2.04 billion, Powerball was won by one ticket in California on November 8, 2022.
2. $1.765 billion Powerball won by one winning ticket in California on October 11, 2023.
3. $1.602 Mega Millions August 8, 2023 won by one ticket in Florida.
4. $1.586 billion Powerball January 13, 2016. There were 3 winning tickets for this prize. These tickets were purchased in Tennessee, Florida, and California. Each had the option to take a lump sum of $327.8 million.
5. $1.537 billion Mega Millions October 2018. There was one winning ticket purchased in South Carolina. The ticket was sold at a KC Mart convenience store in the town of Simpsonville.
6. $1.348 billion Mega Millions won by one ticket on January 13, 2023. That ticket was sold in Maine.
7. $1.337 billion Mega Millions was won by one ticket in Illinois on July 29, 2022.
8. $1.326 Powerball was won by one ticket in Oregon on April 6, 2024. Cash value is $621 million.
9. $1.13 billion Mega Millions is won by one ticket in New Jersey on March 27, 2024. Cash option is $525 million.
10. $1.08 Billion Powerball was won by one ticket in California on July 19, 2023.
11. $1.05 billion Mega Millions was won by the Wolverine FLL Club of Oakland County, Michigan in January of 2021.
12. $842.4 million Powerball won by a single ticket in Michigan on January 1, 2024.
13. $768.4 million, Powerball won by a single ticket in Wisconsin. Cash: $477 million.
14. $758 million, Powerball won August 24, 2018, by Mavis Wanczyk of Massachusetts. She chose the lump sum payment of $480 million.
15. 699 million, Powerball won on October 4, 2021 in California. The ticket was sold at an Albertson’s grocery store.
16. $687.8 million, Powerball won Oct. 27, 2018. There were two winning tickets. One in Iowa and another in New York.
17. $656 million, Mega Millions, won March 30, 2012, by three tickets, sold in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas. Cash: $471 million
18. $648 million, Mega Millions, won Dec. 17, 2013, in Georgia and California. Cash: $347.6 million.
19. $630 Million Powerball Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Two winning tickets, one in California and one in Wisconsin will split the jackpot.
20. $590.5 million, Powerball, won May 18, 2013, in Florida. Cash: $370.9 million.
21. $587.5 million, Powerball, won Nov. 28, 2012, by two tickets, sold in Missouri and Arizona. Cash: $384.7 million
22. $564 million, Powerball jackpot was won by one ticket in New Hampshire in the drawing on Saturday, January 6, 2018.
23. $559.7 million Powerball, A single ticket was sold at Reeds Ferry Market in Merrimack, NH. The winning ticket holder wants to remain anonymous.
24. $543 million Mega Millions. There was one winning ticket sold in California in the July 2018 drawing.
25. $536 million Mega Millions, a single ticket was sold in Indiana on July 8, 2016.