Lady Luck must be feeling the need to be needed here lately because within the span of just a few days both major multi-state lottery games, Powerball and Mega Millions have had big money winners.
Over the weekend the Powerball jackpot of $285.6 million dollars was claimed by a single ticket. That lucky ticket purchaser was in Florida, still, Louisiana Powerball players claimed more than their share of the prize money. There was a $50,000 ticket sold in the state for that drawing.
In last night s Mega Millions game the top prize of $56 million dollars was claimed by a single ticket as well. If you recall, Mega Millions just had a $515 million dollar winner less than three weeks ago. So you can see, Lady Luck is putting in overtime.