$20,000 won on a scratch-off lottery ticket from Mississippi Coast casino
An Alabama man got quite a gift this Christmas from the new Mississippi Lottery.
William C., no last name provided, received one of the new Triple 777 scratch-off tickets as a Christmas gift.
The ticket was was purchased at Scarlet Pearl Casino in D’Iberville, and when he scratched the card, he was a $20,000 winner.
Scarlet Pearl was one of the first casinos on the Coast to get approved to sell the tickets.
Mississippi Lottery Corp. said Friday that sales have topped $40 million in the first four weeks since the lottery was introduced in Mississippi.
The first big winner in the state was a Wiggins man, who won $2,000.
Four new scratch-off games will debut on Tuesday, Jan. 7, and the national Powerball and MegaMillions draw games begin in Mississippi on Jan. 30.
Alabama, where the winner lives, does not have a lottery.
