(KMDL-FM) The Louisiana Lottery has confirmed a ticket sold in Louisiana was a big winner in Friday's Mega Millions multi-state lottery. When the ping pong balls dropped last night, the estimated value of the Mega Millions jackpot was $625 million. That amount was just outside the Top 10 in historical jackpots for the game.
The current Mega Millions jackpot has been growing all summer long. The last time a Mega Millions drawing produced a jackpot winner was on June 27th. In that drawing, a ticket sold in Virginia matched all the numbers needed to claim a jackpot prize of $348 million.
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Mega Millions game officials confirmed that when the drawing was held last night, the jackpot total was the largest since the game tweaked its format back in April. In the "reinvention" of Mega Millions the price was raised to $5 per ticket. The game eliminated the extra charge to opt in for the Megaplier function as well.
Now, when players purchase a Mega Millions ticket, they are instantly assigned a multiplier at random. The amounts range from x2 to double their winnings up to x10, where there always seems to be a lucky ticket that turns what would be a small win into an actual windfall.
Suppose you missed last night's drawing. Here is how that unfolded for Friday, October 17, 2025.
Our sources at Mega Millions revealed that no tickets sold across the game's footprint matched all the numbers needed to claim the $625 million jackpot. There were no Match 5 Million winners reported either. Based on our observations of the Mega Millions data, it looks as if a Louisiana-sold ticket may have earned the third-largest prize awarded Friday night.
The Louisiana Lottery has confirmed a ticket sold in the state was a $20,000 winner. That ticket matched four of five white balls and the Mega Ball. The ticket was assigned a multiplier of two, so the ticket actually won $10,000, but the multiplier function doubled the prize.
If you'd like to check your tickets, the winning numbers for October 17, 2025, in Mega Millions were:
09 21 27 48 56 Mega Ball 10
If you have a match, you'll want to verify those numbers at the Official Louisiana Lottery website. That site can not only confirm your winnings, but it also has complete prize redemption details for you.
This means when Mega Millions draws next on Tuesday night, the top prize will be an estimated $650 million for the annuitized jackpot or $304.1 million for the cash payout. This jackpot will be the 10th-largest jackpot offered in the game's history.
Tonight, the Louisiana Lottery will focus its attention on two in-state games and the multi-state Powerball game. In Louisiana, the Lotto jackpot is over $3 million. To win that jackpot prize, a player would need to match six numbers between 1 and 43. The cost to play Lotto is $1.
The other in-state Louisiana game that is growing a sizeable jackpot is Easy 5. That game has a jackpot amount of $100,000, which is double the game's starting prize amount. To win a jackpot prize in Easy 5, a player would need to match 5 numbers between 1 and 37. Sp, the odds are a little better than Lotto, but the prize amount is substantially different.
Tonight's Powerball will feature a jackpot prize of $295 million, which is the estimated amount on the annuitized jackpot. The lump sum or cash payout on Powerball is currently estimated to be $140.3 million.
Please remember that lottery games do involve a significant risk of losing money. If you play, please play responsibly. If you need help with a gambling problem, call 1-877-770-STOP (7867). The call and the referral to counseling are free. Good Luck.
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