Did Anyone from Louisiana Hit Powerball Jackpot?

No big winner in the Monday night Powerball drawing.

We can keep dreaming for a little while longer. Another night with no winner in the Powerball drawing and this means the big jackpot continues climbing. It is now worth $700 million for the Wednesday night drawing. The lump sum cash payout will be $335 million.

This prize is now #8 on the list of the largest lottery jackpots in U.S. history. It’s the 5th largest Powerball jackpot in the history of the game.

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

1. $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.

2. $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. This is the largest single-ticket jackpot in U.S. history.

3. $1.337 billion Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 one winning ticket in Illinois.

4. $1.050 billion Mega Millions ($776.6 million cash) was won by the Wolverine FLL Club of Oakland County, Michigan in January of 2021.

5. $768.4 million, Powerball won by a single ticket in Wisconsin. Cash: $477 million.

6. $758 million, Powerball won August 24, 2018, by Mavis Wanczyk of Massachusetts. She chose the lump sum payment of $480 million.

7. $731 million, Powerball, won by a single ticket purchased in Maryland on Jan. 20, 2021.

8. $700 million, Powerball is up for grabs on Wednesday, October 27, 2022.

9. $699 million, Powerball won on October 4, 2021 in California. The ticket was sold at an Albertson’s grocery store.

10. $687.8 million, Powerball won Oct. 27, 2018. There were two winning tickets. One in Iowa and another in New York.

11. $656 million, Mega Millions, won March 30, 2012, by three tickets, sold in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas. Cash: $471 million

12. $648 million, Mega Millions, won Dec. 17, 2013, in Georgia and California. Cash: $347.6 million.

13. $632 Million Powerball Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Two winning tickets, one in California and one in Wisconsin will split the jackpot.

14. $590.5 million, Powerball, won May 18, 2013, in Florida. Cash: $370.9 million.

15. $587.5 million, Powerball, won Nov. 28, 2012, by two tickets, sold in Missouri and Arizona. Cash: $384.7 million

16. $564 million Powerball was split among 3 winning tickets, one each from North Carolina, Texas and Puerto Rico.

17. $559 million Powerball, A single ticket was sold at Reeds Ferry Market in Merrimack, NH.

18. $543 million Mega Millions. There was one winning ticket sold in California in the July 2018 drawing.

19. $536 million Mega Millions, a single ticket was sold in Indiana on July 8, 2016.

20. $533 million Mega Millions, a single ticket was sold in New Jersey for the March 30, 2018 drawing.