We’ve had MS lottery for 3 years. Here’s a look at the major jackpots won on the Coast.
One lucky ticket matched all five numbers in Thursday’s Mississippi Match 5 drawing to take a jackpot of $358,000, the Mississippi Lottery Corp. announced Friday.
The winning numbers drawn were 7-20-26-27-35, and the winning ticket was purchased at Pomp and Bees on U.S. 11 South in Poplarville.
The big win comes as Poplarville celebrates Chapel Hart week in honor of the band from Poplarville who finished in the top five on America’s Got Talent.
Thursday’s winner joins more than two dozen other Coast lottery players who have hit it big with jackpots of $100,000 or more since the lottery began in Mississippi in late 2019. Those jackpots came on scratch-off games or the state and national national draw games like Powerball and Mega Millions.
Mississippi Lottery began listing on its website every win of $600 or more. That threshold soon was soon bumped up to $800 or more, and the list between November 2019 and September 2002 is thousands of winners long.
The winners generally are identified by the city or town where they live, although in some cases the lottery has provided a first name and last initial for the big winners.
The vast majority of the jackpots were won by Mississippi residents who played close to their homes. Alabama residents, who cross the state line to buy lottery tickets — as Mississippi residents did until 2019 — also have been lucky. Some of them bought their winning lottery tickets while at Coast casinos.
The biggest jackpot in South Mississippi remains the $2 million a Gautier woman won in June 2020 in the Mega Millions drawing.
“When we heard the Mississippi Lottery was coming to Mississippi, I said I’d be the first to win,” said the winner, who chose to remain anonymous. She told the lottery commission she chose her own numbers, “and I always play Megaplier.” For an extra $1, her winning ticket was doubled to $2 million with the multiplier.
She purchased the winning ticket at Jerry Lee’s Grocery in Gautier. The store now is Ramey’s Marketplace, which also has sold jackpot tickets at its other locations.
Other jackpots, identified from the Mississippi Lottery website since 2019 are:
▪ $1 million — Harrison County player won $1 million on a Mega Millions ticket purchased at Robinwood One Stop on U.S. 49, Saucier. (2/22)
▪ $524,976 — Poplarville man won the Mississippi Match 5 jackpot and purchased his winning ticket at Ramey’s on U.S. 11 N., Poplarville. (2/22)
▪ $500,000 — Mobile couple won on a $20 scratch ticket in the $500,000 Bonus Multiplier game. The ticket was purchased at The Oaks of Moss Point on Old Stage Road, Moss Point (4/22)
▪ $358,000 — Poplarville winning ticket for Mississippi Match 5 was purchased at Pomp and Bees on U.S. 11 South in Poplarville. (9/22)
▪ $200,000 — Gulfport man bought a $10 ticket for 50x the Cash scratch-off at RaceTrac on Lorraine Road. (9/22)
▪ $200,000 — Thien N. of Biloxi won on a Mega Ca$h scratch-off ticket purchased at K & D Convenience Store on Howard Avenue, Biloxi. (7/21)
▪ $200,000 — Pearl River County woman won on a Platinum 7s scratch-off game purchased at McNeill General Store on U.S. 11, Carriere. (6/21)
▪ $200,000 — Daphne, Alabama, man won on a $10 Blistering Hot 7’s scratch-off game purchased at The C Store on A Mallet Road, D’Iberville. (6/21)
▪ $200,000 — Mobile woman won $200,000 on a Mississippi Match 5 ticket purchased at Greer’s Market. Mississippi 614, Hurley. (11/21)
▪ $200,000 — Coast player won on a Mega Ca$h scratch-off game purchased at Neighborhood Store on Ingalls Ave., Pascagoula. (7/21)
▪ $200,000 — D’Iberville man won on a Winter Winnings scratch-off game purchased at Clark Oil on Lorraine Road, Gulfport. (5/21)
▪ $150,000 — Purvis man won on a Powerball ticket purchased at Ramey’s on U.S. 11 N., Poplarville. (10/21)
▪ $100,000 - Lumberton woman wins the Second Chance promotional drawing on a $5 Diamond Mine 10x scratch-off game. The ticket was purchased at Keith’s Superstore, U.S. 11, Purvis. (6/22)
▪ $100,000 - Virginia B. of Pascagoula won $100,000 on a Power 5s scratch-off game purchased at Jerry Lee’s on Ingalls Ave., Pascagoula. (6/21)
▪ $100,000 — Lucedale man wins on a $20 Mega Money scratch-off game purchased at Wade Station on Mississippi 63, Moss Point. (7/22)
▪ $100,000 — Pascagoula player won on an Elvis scratch-off game purchased at Neighborhood Store on 14th Street, Pascagoula. (10/21)
▪ $100,000 — Waveland man won on a Powerball ticket purchased at Keith’s Superstore, Mississippi 603, Kiln. (5/21)
▪ $100,000 — Pearl River County player won on a Powerball ticket purchased at Keith’s Superstore on W. Union Road, Carriere. (3/21)
▪ $100,000 — Biloxi woman won on a Holiday Cash scratch-off game purchased at 1st Place on Mississippi 67, Biloxi. (11/20)
▪ $100,000 — Mobile woman won on a Strike It Rich scratch-off game purchased at IP Casino Biloxi. (9/20)
▪ $100,000 — Saucier man won on a Powerball ticket purchased at Murphy Oil on Sangani Blvd., D’Iberville. (9/20)
▪ $100,000 — Stone County man won on a Cash is King scratch-off game purchased at Ramsey Spring General Store on Cut Off Road, Perkinston. (8/20)
▪ $100,000 — Bay St. Louis woman won on a Mississippi Limited scratch-off game purchased at Fast Fuel on U.S. 90 in Bay St. Louis. (5/20)
▪ $100,000 — Jackson County woman won on a Diamond Dazzler scratch-off ticket purchased at 3Gs Convenience Store on Telephone Road, Pascagoula
The lottery also announced Friday an $8.5 million August transfer to the state, bringing the total for the first two months of the fiscal year to $20 million. The first $80 million goes to repair roads and bridges, and any proceeds beyond that each year are transferred to the Education Enhancement Fund.
This story was originally published September 19, 2022 at 7:15 AM.
