Louisiana Lottery Confirms Huge Powerball Wins Monday Night

If you notice that the line at a Shop Rite Store around Lafayette, Crowley, or New Iberia, Louisiana happens to be a little longer over the next few days there's a reason for that. The same could be said for shoppers at the many locations of Circle K convenience stores across Louisiana and Texas too. The reason for the increased traffic at our state's convenience stores and other lottery retailers can be summed up in one word, Powerball.

Yes, Louisiana, Texas, and most of the whole darn country is getting caught up in Powerball and Mega Millions mania since both of those multi-state lottery games have not produced a jackpot winning ticket in several months.

Tonight those with dreams of instant millions will want to focus their two or three bucks, depending on if you opt-in on the Megaplier, on winning the estimated 875 million dollars available as the top prize in tonight's (03.19.24) Mega Millions Lottery drawing. For you "lump sum payout people" that amount would be $413 million, the $875 million is the annuitized version of the jackpot.

The Mega Millions drawing takes place tonight at 10 pm. You'll want to have your ticket secured at least one hour before the official drawing takes place. By rule, they stop selling tickets within 60 minutes of the drawing, so you'll want to get those purchases made if you plan on playing.

Meanwhile, on Monday (03.18.24) there was a drawing in the Powerball Game. The life-changing jackpot that was advertised with Monday's drawing was $655.7 million. If you didn't get to see how the ping pong balls dropped, here's how the action unfolded.

According to the Official Powerball Website, the winning numbers were:

10   17   20   39   44   Powerball 16   Power Play x 3

You can verify those numbers here. But from what we understand there was no single ticket sold for the Monday night drawing that matched the numbers needed to earn the jackpot prize. There was a $2 million Match 5 with Power Play winner in Florida, that was last night's largest payout.

Texas Lottery Confirms Multiple Million Dollar Wins in Powerball

Officials with the Texas State Lottery are confirming that two tickets sold in Texas, one in Donna, a town in Hidalgo County, Texas, and the other in Houston in Harris County, Texas matched the numbers needed to claim a one million dollar Match 5 prize. Other Match 5 millionaires were made in Maryland, Minnesota, and Virginia.

Louisiana Lottery Reveals Details on Big Powerball Win

Meanwhile in Louisiana, Powerball players in the Bayou State did not fare quite as well as their counterparts across the Sabine River in Texas. Louisiana's largest win from last night's Powerball drawing was a ticket sold in the state that has been confirmed as a $50,000 winner.

The Louisiana Lottery has revealed that the ticket in question matched four of the five white ball numbers and the Powerball. So, that ticket was just one number away from a major win but who is going to sneeze at $50k, right?

Based on information confirmed by the Louisiana Lottery the Louisiana winner was sold in Metairie at Brothers Food Mart on Veterans Memorial Boulevard. The holder of this ticket will need to contact their local Louisiana Lottery office to expedite the payout on their prize.

Mega Millions Drawing is Tonight

And as we've mentioned if you didn't become a millionaire with Powerball last night, you've still got Mega Millions to play tonight. Then on Wednesday, there will be another Powerball drawing, this time for an estimated $687 million. You could also play Lotto for a chance at $825,000 or Easy 5 where the top prize on Wednesday will be an estimated $110,000.

It is important to note that most lottery tickets purchased are not winners. So, you do need to understand that there is a significant risk associated with playing lottery games or any game of chance. Please spend only what you can afford to lose. If you need help with a gambling addiction or you feel you have an issue with gambling help is available. Please dial 1-877-770 STOP (7867) for a free and confidential referral to a professional counselor. Good Luck.