SHREVEPORT, LA - There was not a big winner in the Powerball drawing on Saturday night. That means the big prize will climb to more than $1.03 billion dollars for the Monday night drawing.

This is the 9th largest lottery jackpot in history and the 4th biggest Powerball of all time.

Winning Tickets Hit Some Cash in Louisiana

Louisiana did have a couple of tickets with big wins in the Saturday night drawing. One ticket sold in Lafayette at the More 4 Less Gold Store is worth $100,000 dollars. There is also a winning ticket sold in Bossier City. This ticket is worth $50,000. It was sold at the Super One Foods on Airline Drive in Bossier City.

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

  1. $2.04 billion, Powerball was won by one ticket in California on November 8, 2022.
  2. $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.
  3. $1.58 Billion Mega Millions was won in August of 2023. The winning ticket was purchased in Florida.
  4. $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.
  5. $1.337 billion Mega Millions was won by one ticket in Illinois on July 29, 2022.
  6. $1.35 billion Mega Millions was won by someone in the state of Maine. Cash option was $723.5 million.
  7. $1.08 Billion Powerball was won by one ticket in California on July 19, 2023.
  8. $1.05 billion Mega Millions was won by the Wolverine FLL Club of Oakland County, Michigan in January of 2021.
  9. $1.04 Billion Powerball is up for grabs on Monday, October 2, 2023.
  10. $768.4 million, Powerball won by a single ticket in Wisconsin on March 27, 2019. Cash: $477 million.
  11. $758 million, Powerball won August 24, 2018, by Mavis Wanczyk of Massachusetts. She chose the lump sum payment of $480 million.
  12. $754 Million Powerball was won in Washington on February 6, 2023.
  13. $731 Million Powerball was won on January 20 by a ticket in Maryland.
  14. $699 million, Powerball won on October 4, 2021 in California. The ticket was sold at an Albertson’s grocery store.
  15. $687.8 million, Powerball won Oct. 27, 2018. There were two winning tickets. One in Iowa and another in New York.
  16. $656 million, Mega Millions, won March 30, 2012, by three tickets, sold in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas. Cash: $471 million
  17. $648 million, Mega Millions, won Dec. 17, 2013, in Georgia and California. Cash: $347.6 million.
  18. $630 Million Powerball Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Two winning tickets, one in California and one in Wisconsin will split the jackpot.
  19. $590.5 million, Powerball, won May 18, 2013, in Florida. Cash: $370.9 million.
  20. $587.5 million, Powerball, won Nov. 28, 2012, by two tickets, sold in Missouri and Arizona. Cash: $384.7 million
  21. $564 million, Powerball jackpot was won by one ticket in New Hampshire in the drawing on Saturday, January 6, 2018.
  22. $559.7 million Powerball, A single ticket was sold at Reeds Ferry Market in Merrimack, NH. The winning ticket holder wants to remain anonymous.
  23. $543 million Mega Millions. There was one winning ticket sold in California in the July 2018 drawing.
  24. $536 million Mega Millions, a single ticket was sold in Indiana on July 8, 2016.

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