(Baton Rouge, LA) Our sources at the Louisiana Lottery offices in Baton Rouge have confirmed a single ticket sold for Friday's Mega Millions Lottery matched all the numbers needed to earn the game's jackpot prize. The game had not produced a jackpot winner since June of this year.
The jackpot prize of $980 million was the 8th largest jackpot in the game's history. It is also the largest jackpot prize awarded since the Mega Millions game changed its format in April of this year.
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In that format, ticket prices increased from $2 $3 to a flat $5 per ticket rate. Under the old rules of the game, a player could purchase a ticket for $2. Then, for an extra dollar, add the "Megaplier," a prize multiplier drawn separately from the "game play" balls.
Under the new rules of the game, a multiplier is automatically assigned to each ticket purchased. The multipliers can range from "x2" to "x10". We have seen what the "x10" multiplier can do; that's an easy way for a small win to become dinner for the family if you know what I mean.
I don't mean to toot my own horn, but last week we predicted this win almost to the exact day. We actually had the winning ticket being drawn either last Friday or this past Wednesday. We determined that prediction by tracking jackpot wins in the game over its history, and I won't say that we nailed it, but we nailed it.
You can't argue with math and telephone support call centers; one will always win, and the other will simply tell you to unplug, turn off, and start over, which is what the Mega Millions jackpot will also be doing. But before we talk about the future, let's revisit the past.
Here is the Mega Millions drawing for November 14, 2025.
We do know a jackpot winner was sold, and the honor of that winning ticket goes to the Georgia Lottery. The winning ticket was sold in the Peach State. It's kind of fitting that the Georgia Lottery is a founding member of the lottery consortium that puts Mega Millions on for us to play.
There were a few big wins in Louisiana in Friday's drawing. While the prize amounts were not jaw-dropping, the fact that we had multiple winners suggests it was a lucrative lottery night in Louisiana. Our data sheets show that Louisiana-sold tickets earned five one-thousand-dollar prizes; there were two winners each of $2,000 and $2,500.
All in all, there were almost 6,000 winning tickets sold in Louisiana for Friday's Mega MIllions game. The prizes range from $10 up to $2,500. If you'd like to see if you have money coming back from your Mega Millions investment, here are the numbers.
The numbers that we saw rolling out of the hopper were:
01 08 11 12 57 Mega Ball 07
If you'd like to verify your ticket and your prizes, you may visit the Winner's Portal of the Louisiana Lottery website. That site will also have the prize redemption information you need.
The Mega Millions jackpot will now return to its starting point of $50 million. Meanwhile, the lottery focus will shift to Powerball and Lotto in Louisiana tonight. The Powerball jackpot prize is listed at $546 million for the annuitized jackpot. The cash payout on a jackpot win in Powerball tonight would pay $255.6 million.
The Lotto game in the Louisiana Lottery will feature one of the largest jackpot prizes in recent history. For a one-dollar investment, a player could earn $3.75 million tonight. Of course, the odds are really long that you'd do that, but somebody is going to eventually win, and that could be you tonight.
But please realize the risk of losing your money is great. If you have a gambling problem, get help. Call 1-877-770-STOP (7867). The call is free, and the results could be priceless to you and your family. Good Luck.
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