(Baton Rouge) Something tells me the folks in Baton Rouge are getting used to writing checks for more than a million dollars at a time with the signing of the new football coach and all. And while Lane Kiffin may have won the coaching lottery, we have actual Louisiana Lottery news about a $90 million Mega Millions win.
Mega Millions is one of two multi-state lottery games available for players in Louisiana. The other game is Powerball, which has a larger jackpot right now.
The Powerball jackpot, which will be drawn tonight, is estimated to be $775 million. That is the estimate for the annuitized jackpot. The cash payout on a Powerball win this evening will get you $362.5 million before the taxman visits you.
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Meanwhile, Mega Millions is just coming off a major jackpot win of $983 million. That jackpot was won in the November 14th drawing. The winning ticket in that Mega Millions game was sold in Georgia. It was the 5th jackpot generated by Mega Millions in 2025 and was the game's largest jackpot since Mega Millions tweaked its format back in April.
If you did not see the Mega Millions drawing for Tuesday, December 2, 2025, here is how that played out.
In the last "episode" of Mega Millions it took 40 drawings to find a jackpot winner. In the case of last night's big win, only five drawings had elapsed between the $983 million win of November 14th and last night's $90 million win.
Our sources at the Louisiana Lottery have confirmed that a Mega Millions jackpot winner was sold for Tuesday's drawing. Here are the numbers from last night if you wanted to review your ticket.
17 25 26 53 60 Mega Ball 16
As someone who has studied the lottery and lottery drawings for more than a decade now, I can tell you Tuesday's winning numbers were unique as far as jackpot wins go. I can't recall any jackpot win in the last five years, at least, maybe more, where the winning ticket didn't have a single-digit number in the winning scenario.
Granted, last night's win proves that it can be done; we just haven't seen it done in quite a while. By the way, the big $90 million winner was sold in New Jersey. We had that information confirmed by the Louisiana Lottery and by our sources at Mega Millions.
In perusing the winner's data shared from the Louisiana Lottery offices in Baton Rouge, it looks like the largest prize won by a Louisiana-sold ticket for Tuesday's Mega Millions game was a $1,500 winner. There was also a $1,000 winner. In each case, the ticket matched four of the five white balls; one ticket had a multiplier of two, the other had a multiplier of three.
Tonight there will be drawings for Powerball, Lotto, and Easy 5 in Louisiana. Please remember that lottery games do involve a risk of losing money. If you have a gambling problem, help is available by calling 1-877-770-STOP (7867). The call and the referrals to counseling are offered at no charge to you or your family. Good Luck.
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