Louisiana Lottery Confirms Powerball Winner Wednesday Night

Mother Nature might be cooling things down this weekend but the Louisiana Lottery and the multi-state lottery game Powerball are certainly turning up the heat. Our sources at the Louisiana Lottery confirmed in the wee small hours of Thursday morning that one Powerball player in Louisiana has "a lot of good reasons" to double-check their tickets and verify their numbers if they want to have "one heck of a weekend".

The Powerball lottery is played in 45 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands three times a week. The game holds drawings on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday nights. The object of the game is to match five of the "white balls" and the Powerball to claim the game's jackpot prize.

The jackpot for Wednesday night, October 16, 2024, was estimated to be$408.8 million. That's what the folks at Powerball call "life-changing". I would agree. If I suddenly found myself in possession of $408 million I would be writing this Powerball update from a much nicer office.

So, we know Wednesday's drawing produced a big winner in Louisiana. Now, let's see if that big winner was you. Here's how the Powerball balls bounced on Wednesday.

As we mentioned the object of the game is to match five white ball numbers, which range from 1-69, and the red Powerball number, whose numbers range from 1-26 on one ticket. The more you match the more you win.

Based on what we've learned from our sources at the Louisiana Lottery a single Louisiana ticket did a lot of "number matching" last night. This fact was corroborated by our Powerball sources and we can tell you that a Louisiana-sold ticket matched four of the five white balls, the Powerball, and the ticket's purchaser opted for the Power Play.

No, there was no jackpot winner in Wednesday's drawing but a ticket sold in Metairie at Metairie Road Discount earned a cool $100,000 in last night's game. That will fill your gumbo pot for more than a few cold nights, won't it?

The numbers that we saw roll out of the hopper at Powerball on Wednesday were:

04   30   39   44   60   Powerball 11    Power Play x2

Before you run screaming down the hall that you're rich and quit your job, please verify those numbers at the Official Louisiana Lottery Website or the Official Powerball Website. Those sites are the final word in "Did I win", and they have detailed information on the process of prize redemption.

The Powerball jackpot will now climb to an estimated $437 million for Saturday's drawing. If you play Lotto or Easy 5 with the Louisiana Lottery there were no jackpot winners in either of those games on Wednesday. So you can look for Lotto to be worth $625,000 on Saturday and Easy 5 to be $90,000 for Saturday's next drawing in that game.

The Mega Millions multi-state lottery game will be drawn on Friday night, the top prize in that game is estimated to be $185 million when the balls drop at 10 pm.

Please play Powerball and lottery games responsibly. If you have a gambling problem help is available at no cost to you. Call 1-877-770-STOP (7867). The call and the referrals are free.