There's a Million Dollar Winner in Louisiana

SHREVEPORT, LA – Another night with no big winner in the monster Mega Millions drawing from Tuesday night. But there is a winner somewhere in Louisiana.

The jackpot will now keep growing. It climbs to a whopping $825 million. This prize lands at #20 on the largest lottery jackpots of all time. It’s the 9^th largest Mega Millions prize.

The lump sum pay out for this drawing on Friday night will be close to $325 million.

There were 4 Match 5 winners. One of those lucky tickets was sold in Louisiana.

It was sold at:

Town South Food Mart

1801 Starling Lane in Baton Rouge

This ticket matched the 5 white balls in the Mega Millions drawing and is worth 1 million dollars.

Other million-dollar tickets were sold in Oklahoma and 2 in California.

This monster jackpot is the 11 largest in the U.S. and the 7^th largest Mega Millions jackpot ever.

Would you stay on your job if you won millions and millions of dollars? I would love to keep doing my job, but that alarm at 3:30 each morning is the one thing I just don’t thing I would want to continue hearing.

Here’s a list of the top 20 prizes from Powerball and Mega Millions:

$2.04 billion, Powerball was won by one ticket in California on November 8, 2022.
$1.765 billion Powerball won by one winning ticket in California on October 11, 2023.
$1.602 Mega Millions August 8, 2023 won by one ticket in Florida.
$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.
$1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)
$1.348 billion Mega Millions won by one ticket on January 13, 2023. That ticket was sold in Maine.
$1.337 billion Mega Millions was won by one ticket in Illinois on July 29, 2022.
$1.13 billion Mega Millions was won by a single ticket in New Jersey on March 26, 2024.
$1.08 Billion Powerball was won by one ticket in California on July 19, 2023.
$1.05 billion Mega Millions was won by the Wolverine FLL Club of Oakland County, Michigan in January of 2021.
$825 million Mega Millions is up for grabs on Friday December 20, 2024. The one-time payout is $382 million.
$800 million, Mega Millions won by a ticket in Sugar Land, Texas on September 10, 2024. $404 million dollar lump sum.
$768.4 million, Powerball won by a single ticket in Wisconsin. Cash: $477 million.
$758 million, Powerball won August 24, 2018, by Mavis Wanczyk of Massachusetts. She chose the lump sum payment of $480 million.
$699 million, Powerball won on October 4, 2021 in California. The ticket was sold at an Albertson’s grocery store.
$687.8 million, Powerball won Oct. 27, 2018. There were two winning tickets. One in Iowa and another in New York.
$648 million, Mega Millions, won Dec. 17, 2013, in Georgia and California. Cash: $347.6 million.
$630 Million Powerball Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Two winning tickets, one in California and one in Wisconsin will split the jackpot.
$590.5 million, Powerball, won May 18, 2013, in Florida. Cash: $370.9 million.
$587.5 million, Powerball, won Nov. 28, 2012, by two tickets, sold in Missouri and Arizona. Cash: $384.7 million