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$4 million Mega Millions and $905,168 Match 5 claimed JACKSON, MISS. – Two lucky players claimed remarkable wins of $4 million from a Mega Millions® ticket and $905,168 from a Mississippi Match 5 ticket Wednesday… Continue reading Record-Setting Winners Claim Prizes

Lucky ticket sold in West Point JACKSON, MISS. – After 25 drawings, one lucky Mississippi Lottery player matched all five numbers from Tuesday’s Mississippi Match 5 drawing, ending the $905,168 record-breaking jackpot run. This is… Continue reading Record $905,168 Mississippi Match 5 Jackpot Hit

Green for Spring weekly cash prizes ranging from $4,000 to $15,000 JACKSON, MISS. – Warm up this Spring with the Lottery’s hot new promotion, Green for Spring, featuring cash prizes. The Green for Spring promotion… Continue reading Mississippi Lottery Promotion Makes Spring Greener

Record-Setting Jackpot Reaches estimated $720,000 for Feb.2 drawing JACKSON, MISS. – Punxsutawney Phil may have seen his shadow and six more weeks of winter coming, but he didn’t see this: the lottery announced the Mississippi… Continue reading Lottery’s Mississippi Match 5 Jackpot Jumps Again

Drawing tomorrow is largest in Match 5 history JACKSON, MISS. – The largest Mississippi Match 5jackpot since the inception of the game has reached an estimated $700,000 for the drawing tomorrow night, Feb. 2. The… Continue reading Mississippi Match 5 Sets Record at $700,000

Saturday’s jackpot still holding as second-largest Match 5 jackpot to date JACKSON, MISS. – Mississippi Lottery officials have bumped up the jackpot amount again for the Saturday, Jan. 28, drawing of Mississippi Match 5 after… Continue reading Mississippi Match 5 Bumps Up to $605,000