A New Orleans woman has claimed the $3.9M Lotto jackpot from the Nov. 22 drawing, taking home $2.8M after taxes. The winning ticket was sold at One Stop Shop in Metairie.
Someone in Louisiana must have enjoyed a little Lady Luck over the weekend because, by Monday evening, they had earned a nice chunk of change from the Powerball drawing.
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 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.