How much is a Louisiana Powerball ticket?

For just $1 per drawing, play Louisiana's flagship game to win a jackpot that starts at half-a-million dollars – CASH – plus three other prize levels every Wednesday and Saturday! Choose six numbers from 1 through 42. You can pick your own numbers or let the Lottery's computer randomly Quick Pick them.

How much does a Mega Millions ticket cost in Louisiana?

Mega Millions® tickets cost $2.00 per play. Players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 25 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing.

Do you win money if you have 3 numbers in Powerball?

No, 3 numbers will not win anything in Powerball. To win the jackpot, you need to match 6 numbers. Those 6 numbers consist of 5 main numbers (1 to 69) plus one Powerball (1 to 26).

What time is Louisiana Powerball drawing?

Powerball: Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9:59 p.m. Mega Millions: Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 p.m. Pick 3, Pick 4 & Pick 5: Daily at 9:59 p.m., except Easter Sunday and Christmas Day. There are no Louisiana-based drawings on Christmas Day or Easter.

How does the Powerball work in Louisiana?

Choose five numbers from 1 through 69 and one Powerball number from 1 through 26. You can pick your own numbers or let the Lottery's computer randomly Quick Pick them – for either or both sets of numbers.

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Has anyone won the Louisiana Powerball?

Kentucky and Pennsylvania are tied with the next highest numbers – 18 each. Two states, Louisiana and Wisconsin, have been home to 17 winners apiece.

Do you win anything if you get the Powerball number only?

The Powerball - $4

If your Powerball matches the one that is drawn you will get your $2 ticket purchase back and a couple bucks more, for a total of $4. The odds of your ticket matching only the Powerball is 1 in 38.

Do you win money if you have 2 numbers in Powerball?

What do I win if I get 2 numbers on Powerball? Matching two numbers won't win anything in Powerball unless one of the numbers is the Powerball. A ticket matching one of the five numbers and the Powerball is also worth $4.

How do you win a Powerball ticket?

To play, you must pick five numbers from 1 to 69 and a Powerball number from 1 to 26. If the six numbers you choose match those drawn, you win the jackpot.

Do you win money if you have 5 numbers in Powerball?

There are nine different ways to win Powerball prizes in every draw, based on how many numbers you match. You can win $4 just for matching the Powerball, while the jackpot is won by matching all five main numbers plus the Powerball.

How much do you win if you get 4 numbers in Powerball?

Match 4 out of 5 white numbers + Powerball — $50,000. Match 4 white numbers only — $100. Match 3 white numbers + Powerball — $100. Match 3 white numbers only — $7.

What happens if you get all 5 numbers but not the Mega Ball?

For example: if you match all five numbers but don't match the Mega Ball, you win $1 million. If you only match the Mega Ball, you break even with a $2 payout.

How much do you get after taxes on Powerball?

The federal government will immediately take $96,744,000 from that cash option (24%). Remember, the rest of your federal tax bill comes next year and will cost you another $52,365,955. So, when you take the cash option, you will end up with $253,990,045 after federal taxes.

Can you remain anonymous if you win the lottery in Louisiana?

Under the Lottery's statute, all prize payment records are open records, meaning that the public has a right to request the information. Depending upon the amount won and public or media interest in the win, winners may NOT be able to remain anonymous.

Who won the $2 billion dollar lottery?

California resident Edwin Castro is the sole winner of the record-breaking jackpot from November 2022. The California Lottery is maintaining it verified the rightful winner of the record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot, after a man claimed he had the winning ticket before it was stolen from him.

Where was the winning Louisiana Lottery ticket sold?

A lottery ticket worth more than $3 million was sold at a New Orleans grocery store, Louisiana Lottery officials said Monday. The ticket matched all the numbers to win the $3,339,142 jackpot in Saturday's Lotto drawing.

Which lottery tickets win the most?

The most amount of wins came from the $1 scratch-off tickets, but that is because $1 tickets were the most common type of lottery ticket by a wide margin. The $5 tickets proved to have the highest winning percentage, which was 36.36 percent.

What's the best way to play Powerball?

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How many Powerball combinations are there?

The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338 -- that's the number of possible combinations of white balls and the red Powerball. At the price of $2 per ticket, that means you could buy every possible combination for $584,402,676. That may be too costly to be a worthwhile investment.

What happens if you only get the red Powerball number?

Let's start at the smaller end of the scale. If you match the red Powerball number, or match one white ball number and the Powerball number, you win $4.

What happens when you win the Powerball?

If anyone wins the Powerball lottery jackpot, or another lottery prize, they can choose to receive the payout in one of two ways. They can receive the payout as an annuity, which would be paid in thirty graduated payments over 29 years, or they can receive the Powerball money in a lump sum payment.

Who won the Powerball last?

The winner is Edwin Castro, but if you're looking for more information about the winner, you're going to face some long odds thanks to California's laws.

When was the last time someone won the Louisiana Powerball?

The last time a Powerball jackpot-winning ticket was sold in Louisiana was May 2013. The prize is also the largest single amount won in Louisiana Lottery history. Previously, the largest prize won in Louisiana was a $97 million Powerball jackpot from the Jan. 16, 2008, drawing, which was claimed by a Metairie man.