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Someone in Louisiana is waking up $1 million richer after hitting it big on the Mega Millions drawing last night.

Someone in the state is waking up quite a bit richer.

New Orleans man wins $2 million in Mega Millions jackpot by adding 2x multiplier to his prize.

A Louisiana woman won big in the Louisiana Lottery Lotto drawing a couple of weeks back and officials have confirmed that she has claimed her prize.

There is good news all the way around for Powerball players.

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.

No one correctly picked all six numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions draw. And when the next drawing takes place on Tuesday, the jackpot will likely be at an all-time high.

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!

If there are any winners of Saturday's Powerball drawing, they are looking at a cash value of $243.8 million.

According to lottery officials, one person in New Hampshire holds the winning ticket.

One California had a really good day recently when he won the lottery not once but twice in the same day.

If you bought a Powerball ticket in Breaux Bridge for last night's drawing, you may want to double check your numbers. A ticket sold at the Food-n-Fun #2 on West Mills Avenue matched four white balls and the red powerball.  That means the lucky person who purchased the ticket is the winner of $10,000...

Looks like we won't have a multi-millionaire from Louisiana this go round with the Powerball. The record-setting $579 million Powerball jackpot had two winning tickets sold for last night's drawing.