(KMDL-FM) The Louisiana Lottery has just wrapped up a very lucrative weekend in Louisiana. There were drawings in the multi-state Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries over the weekend. Plus, the Louisiana Lottery hosted in-state drawings for the Lotto and Easy 5 games. If you've not been following the games that closely, it's been a while since each of those games has gotten a winner.
If you're wondering where each game's jackpot stands, here are the numbers as of Monday, October 13, 2025. The Mega Millions jackpot currently has the highest single payout jackpot. That jackpot amount is estimated to be $600 million when they draw in that game on Tuesday night.
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The Powerball game, that's the other multi-state lottery game played in Louisiana, currently has a jackpot of $258 million. That game will hold its next drawing tonight, Monday, October 13, 2025. That drawing is scheduled for 10 pm.
In Saturday's Powerball drawing, Louisiana players did not fare well at all. The largest prize earned by a Louisiana-sold ticket was only $200. Still, there were about 7,000 winning tickets sold for Saturday's drawing. If you'd like to see the drawing from Saturday, here it is.
In Saturday's drawing, the top prize was estimated to be $244.3 million, but there was no jackpot winner, which is why tonight's Powerball is estimated to be $258 million. There were four Match 5 Million winners sold for Saturday's drawing. Two tickets each in Georgia and Illinois matched all the white balls to earn the $1 million prize.
Lotto from the Louisiana Lottery continues to amaze. Based on my facts and figures, I certainly felt that Lotto would have produced a winner about two months ago, but alas, the jackpot continues to climb. The current Lotto jackpot is $2.975 million. That game draws again on Wednesday night.
Easy 5 is the other homegrown Louisiana Lottery game. That game always seems to get a jackpot once a month. September was no exception as Easy 5 got a $220,000 winner on September 27th. But there have been no big winners since then, so the jackpot is expected to climb to $90,000 for the Wednesday drawing.
As far as unclaimed money goes, the Louisiana Lottery is currently holding $300,000 in unclaimed Powerball winnings. Those winnings are in the form of three $50,000 winners and a $150,000 winner from July 23rd. There is also a $5,000 Mega Millions prize that has yet to be claimed, and the largest unclaimed prize is from the recent Easy 5 win on September 27th. The unclaimed amount on that prize is $223,475.00.
Don't forget Powerball draws tonight, at 10, and ticket sales must cease at least one hour before the drawing. And please remember that all lottery games come with a risk of losing money. If you have a gambling problem, please get help. Call 1-877-770- STOP (7867). The call and the referral to counseling are at no cost to you.
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                                                                                <a href="https://wtop.com/author/alan-etter/">                                                       Alan Etter                                                          </a>                                                                                        <span> | <a href="mailto:alan.etter@wtop.com">alan.etter@wtop.com</a></span>                                                                                                                                <br>October 13, 2025, 6:17 PM<br>Relisha Rudd, an 8-year-old girl who went missing in D.C. in 2014, is the subject of a new docuseries by the national nonprofit organization Black and Missing.<br>The trailer for the upcoming docuseries shows Rudd in a home movie spelling her name for her grandmother. 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THE National Lottery Set For Life numbers are in and it's time to find out if you've won the top prize of £10,000 every month for 30 years.
Could tonight's jackpot see you start ticking off that bucket list every month or building your own start-up as a budding entrepreneur?
You can find out by checking your ticket against tonight's numbers below.
Good luck!
The winning Set For Life numbers are: 04, 24, 27, 31, 36 and the Life Ball is 08.
The first National Lottery draw was held on November 19 1994 when seven winners shared a jackpot of £5,874,778.
The largest amount ever to be won by a single ticket holder was £42million, won in 1996.
Gareth Bull, a 49-year-old builder, won £41million in November, 2020 and ended up knocking down his bungalow to make way for a luxury manor house with a pool.
Sue Davies, 64, bought a lottery ticket to celebrate ending five months of shielding during the pandemic — and won £500,000.
Sandra Devine, 36, accidentally won £300k – she intended to buy her usual £100 National Lottery Scratchcard, but came home with a much bigger prize.
The biggest jackpot ever to be up for grabs was £66million in January last year, which was won by two lucky ticket holders.
Another winner, Karl managed to bag £11million aged just 23 in 1996.
The odds of winning the lottery are estimated to be about one in 14million – BUT you've got to be in it to win it.
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The GIST: To help you make your picks, a deep dive into the men’s basketball (MBB) and women’s basketball (WBB) March Madness brackets will hit your inbox tomorrow and Wednesday, respectively, but in the meantime, let’s break down some Selection Sunday stats.
Zero: The number of people more hyped than Texas’ women when they received their No. 1 seed. Pro tip: Turn down your volume before clicking that link.
3: The number of 2023 Final Four teams (No. 1 UConn, No. 5 San Diego State, and No. 8 FAU) in the men’s East region, which is likely the toughest path to the Final Four across both brackets. Even more intimidating? That quadrant also includes four freshly-minted conference tournament champions (UConn, No. 2 Iowa State, No. 3 Illinois, and No. 4 Auburn). Cutthroat doesn’t cover it.
6: The teams dancing for the first time. Conference tournament champions No. 15 Cal Baptist WBB, No. 16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi WBB, and No. 16 Stetson MBB are on to the first round, while No. 16 Presbyterian WBB and No. 16 Grambling State MBB will duke it out in “First Four” games this week.
8: The most teams any conference is sending to March Madness. On the women’s side, the ACC and SEC have the most contenders, while the Big 12 and SEC each added eight in the men’s bracket.
10: How many mid-major teams scooped up at-large tickets. Eight men’s teams earned this distinction, while just No. 4 Gonzaga and the aforementioned Columbia made the women’s bracket without bringing home conference hardware first.
22: The number of schools sending their women and men to the Big Dance. Get you a team that can do both.
6:40 p.m. ET: The time when this year’s edition of the best tournament in sports officially tips off — Wagner and Howard MBB will fight for a No. 16 seed in a First Four bout tomorrow. LFG.
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Ripple Is Offering $200K to 'Attack' XRP Ledger Lending Protocol
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Ripple is offering up to $200,000 to users who find security flaws in the proposed XRP Ledger lending protocol, incentivizing white hat hackers to “attack” the upcoming platform.
The rewards are part of an “attackathon” hosted by Ripple and blockchain security firm Immunefi that asks security researchers to poke and prod the codebase to find potential flaws, with a particular focus given to bugs that impact fund security and vault solvency. 
"The XRPL community is preparing for one of its most significant upgrades yet with the proposed lending protocol, which is expected to go to validator vote later this year. Before any major amendment like this moves forward, it’s critical to ensure the code is as secure and resilient as possible," RippleX Head of Product Jasmine Cooper told Decrypt. 
"Partnering with Immunefi, one of the top on-chain security platforms, allows us to tap into a global network of elite researchers who have secured some of the largest DeFi protocols to date," she added. "The Attackathon is just one part of a broader, layered security process."
To encourage those without experience on XRP Ledger, the firms are opening a two-week educational period for interested participants. During this time, researchers can gain support from Ripple engineers, access devnet guides and test environments, and more. 
After the education period is over, the attackathon will begin on October 27 and run through November 29. 
“If even one valid bug is found during the program, the full $200,000 is unlocked and will be distributed,” the announcement post reads. “If no bugs are found, a fallback pool of $30,000 is paid out to participants who submitted valid insights.”
The XRP Ledger lending protocol was introduced last fall at XRP Ledger Apex, a Ripple-hosted summit dedicated to fostering the build of the decentralized network. 
The protocol aims to introduce fixed-term, uncollateralized loans directly on XRP Ledger, without using smart contracts or wrapped assets. Instead, the protocol deliberately will rely on off-chain procedures to determine creditworthiness. Funds will then be pooled on-chain and repayments follow protocol-enforced terms.
Specific targets for the attackathon participants include liquidation logic, interest accrual bugs that may reward the wrong party, administrative attacks that could allow for alteration of protocol records, among others. 
While payments firm Ripple is linked to the network’s native token XRP and is a major contributor to the XRP Ledger, it does not have an affiliation with the bulk of the XRP Ledger validators. In August, former Ripple CTO David Schwartz told Decrypt that the firm runs “something like 1% of the XRP Ledger.” 
The network earned a last place security ranking from research firm Kaiko when compared to 14 other blockchains in August. But developers for the ledger pushed back on the claim and highlighted security endorsements from firms like CertiK, Halborn, and FYEO.
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