Jackpot

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.

From Bunkie to Bossier City and Baton Rouge to Benton, everyone we know in Louisiana is dreaming of winning Friday night's epic Mega Millions jackpot of $687 million, but what are the odds of winning the lottery?

Everyone we know in Louisiana is dreaming of winning Saturday night's epic Powerball jackpot of $760 million and starting the new year off rich, but what are the real odds of winning the lottery?

They shook hands back in 1992 and promised each other that if either one of them ever won the Powerball jackpot, they would split the winnings.

In all my years of devouring Chinese food, I never once thought to play those fortune cookie "lucky numbers" in the lottery.