(Baton Rouge, LA) It’s been a few days, but we’re finally able to report to you that there was a major win in the multi-state Mega Millions game on a ticket sold in Louisiana. The most recent reported Mega Millions wins in Louisiana were a modest $1,000 winner sold in Spearsville for the August 12th drawing and a $2,500 win on July 29th that came on a ticket sold in New Orleans.
Right now, the Mega Millions game is being overshadowed by the much larger Powerball jackpot. Lottery players who only have the funds to play one or the other are opting to invest in a chance at more than half a billion rather than an amount that is not quite half that.
Louisiana has never had a Mega Millions jackpot prize winner. The Louisiana Lottery has produced a number of big money wins, but no Louisiana-sold ticket has ever matched all of the numbers needed to claim either the cash payout or the annuity…