So, you didn’t win $1.6 billion, but you can still get something with that ticket

A man shows his just purchased lottery tickets from the Blue Bird Liquor store in Hawthorne, California on October 23, 2018 ahead of the drawing tonight for the Mega Millions jackpot, now reaching USD 1.6 billion. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

So, you didn’t win $1.6 billion, but you can still get something with that ticket

by Mary Staes | October 24, 2018

We hope you didn’t throw away that losing ticket!

After work (where you’re at because you didn’t win), you can bring your losing ticket to Port Orleans brewery on Tchopitoulas on Wednesday or Thursday and get a free beer. Yes, the hurt from losing lasts two days.

There are 16 beers on tap at the brewery, including seasonal Oktoberfest, and two coffee stouts for that evening pick-me-up.

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🔥GRUB ALERT🔥 NEW Crispy Pork Belly & Smoked Watermelon Salad! TAG a friend & LIKE the photo for a chance to WIN this dish for the both of you! Double your chances on our Facebook. . After we pan sear the pork belly and smoke the watermelon, we lay them on a bed of Mirliton Slaw and serve it with a Sweet Chili Aioli. It’ll help you get over not being a billionaire after last night’s Mega Millions drawing.

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They also serve food, like a crispy pork belly and smoke watermelon salad, chicken and waffles, hot wings, burgers, smothered fries and boudin balls.

So grab that ticket and drink up! We can wallow in our sorrows together. Cheers!

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Mary Staes

Mary Staes is Digital Content Lead for Very Local. She works with our freelancers and crafts content for our social media platforms and website. Before Very Local, she worked with CBS affiliate WWL-TV as a web producer and weekend assignment editor for about 4 years. She has also handled broadcast coverage for 160 Marine Reserve training facilities while she served as an active duty Marine. As a native New Orleanian, she takes being "very local" to heart. She loves being intertwined with the culture and figuring out how there are less than two degrees of separation between us all, whether we're natives or not.