Winning Powerball ticket worth $100K sold in Louisiana

A Powerball Lottery player in Louisiana has turned a three-dollar investment into a $100,000 financial windfall with the drop of six ping pong balls.

That's how fast life can change for those who have a few extra bucks to "invest" in Powerball tickets. Of course, you can lose those extra bucks just as quickly but in this case, we will celebrate the $100,000 prize as a big win in Louisiana.

The multi-state lottery game Powerball held its Monday drawing last night, August 14, 2023.

If you missed the drawing, here's how we arrived at the $100,000 win in Louisiana.

Powerball drawing for August 14, 2023, The numbers that dropped into play for last night's game was: 32 34 37 39 47 Powerball 03 Power Play x2

Those numbers can be verified by the Official Powerball website.

And according to that website, no tickets sold for Monday's drawing matched the numbers needed to claim the game's top prize of 220.1 million dollars.

That means when they play Powerball again on Wednesday night, the estimated top prize will be $236 million for the annuitized jackpot.

The lump sum payment for a big win on Wednesday would earn you $116 million before the tax man takes his cut.