Louisiana Lottery Confirms Jackpot Winner on One Its Most Popular Games

Someone in Louisiana is waking up with a nice addition to their portfolio after scoring a big win in one of the Louisiana Lottery's signature draw games.

A jackpot was won in last night's Easy 5 drawing and a player will soon be cashing a check for a hefty $100,000.

To claim the Easy 5 jackpot, you have to match all five numbers and that's what someone in Buras, Louisiana did.

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The winning ticket was sold at Adams Grocery located at 41245 Hwy 23 in the Plaquemines Parish community.

The winning numbers in the Wednesday, February 26th Easy 5 drawing were as follows:

About the Easy 5 Game

With the best overall odds of any draw-style game, many lottery players love Easy 5.

Drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday. Choose five numbers from 1 through 37.

Jackpots start at $50,000 or three other levels.

How many winners were in the latest Easy 5 drawing?

There were over 6,000 winners throughout Louisiana in Wednesday's drawing.

In addition to the $100,000 winner, 17 players scored $100, 544 won $7 and 5,605 got their $1 back.

Recent Easy 5 winners

Before yesterday's win, the last jackpot winner in this game was on February 5. The other 2025 winner was on January 18, when someone notched a $180,000 win.

If there is no winner in the Easy 5 drawing every week, $10,000 is added to the jackpot. When a jackpot is secured, the amount resets to $50,000.