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LOTTERY DRAWINGS PRODUCE OVER $9 MILLION IN WINNINGS IN OCTOBER
November 7, 2011
Buying a new stove, treating family to a celebratory dinner and opening savings accounts for grandkids are just some of the ways winners of the Louisiana Lottery's draw-style games planned to spend the more than $9.1 million in prizes won from drawings held in October. The Lottery also reported more than $8.4 million claimed from scratch-off tickets in October.
October's draw-style game winnings included one Lotto jackpot totaling $709,106, an Easy 5 jackpot totaling $151,149, 13 Powerball prizes of $10,000 each and 139 match-5 Lotto prizes averaging $2,144 each. Pick 3 winning tickets totaled $1,850,640, and Pick 4 winning tickets totaled $2,244,700.
Easy 5 prizes totaled $356,896 with an additional $226,119 won in ezmatch prizes. For an additional $1, players can add ezmatch to their Easy 5 ticket for the chance to win up to $250 instantly.
"Nearly 40,000 Power Play purchasers won a bonus total of $1,383,281 in addition to their regular Powerball prize," Lottery President Rose Hudson said. For an additional $1, the Power Play option offers Powerball ticket purchasers the chance to increase any nonjackpot-related prize up to five times.
In total, draw-style game winnings from drawings held in October were $9,112,389. Lottery draw-style game players have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim the winnings from those tickets.
"We encourage players to sign the back of their tickets immediately after purchasing and to check them promptly after the drawing. Even if a ticket does not win the jackpot, it could have won another prize," Hudson added.
In addition to $8,418,468 in scratch-off cash prizes paid during October, players also claimed $1,352,702 worth of free ticket prizes. According to Lottery policy, scratch-off games are closed when all top prizes are claimed, and scratch-off players have 90 days from the official game closure date to redeem a winning ticket.
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