Lottery

Mississippi man bought a $10 scratch off ticket. He won hundreds of thousands of dollars.

He purchased a scratch off ticket from Fleetway #170 in Prentiss and won big bucks.

$200,000, that is.

The Hattiesburg resident only spent $10 on the Multiplier Mania ticket that gave him a huge cash return.

Other recent Mississippi lottery winners include:

  • A man from Mantachie won $100k on a$5 The Addams Family Fortune scratch-off game purchased from Bill’s Food Mart in Fulton.

  • M. Raifield L. of Ocean Springs won $15,000 from three Cash 4 tickets purchased from Polk’s Crossgates Discount Drugs #9 in Ocean Springs.

  • An Ocean Springs man won $1,000 on a $20 Multiplier Mania ticket purchased from Murphy Oil in Ocean Springs.

  • Another man from Hattiesburg won $1,500 on a Mega Millions ticket purchased from Dandy Dan’s #531 in Hattiesburg.

  • A Petal woman won $1,500 on a $1 Triple It scratch-off ticket purchased from FU4 in Hattiesburg.

  • A Saucier man won $1,500 on a Mega Millions ticket purchased from Circle K #2723696 in Gulfport.

  • A Gulfport woman won $2,600 on a Cash 4 ticket purchased from A One Stop #5 in Bay St. Louis.

  • A Purvis woman won $1,000 on a $20 $400,000 Multiplier Mania ticket purchased from TG Mart in Columbia.

  • A Summit player won $1,000 on a Mississippi Match 5 ticket purchased from Texaco in McComb.

  • A Pass Christian man won $1,000 on a Mississippi Match 5 ticket purchased from Midway Service Center in Shubuta.

  • A Brookhaven woman won $1,000 on a Cash Pop ticket purchased from VK LLC in Brookhaven.

  • Monique C. of Purvis won $1,000 on a $20 $400,000 Multiplier Mania ticket purchased from TG Mart in Columbia.

  • A Pascagoula woman won $1,000 on a $3 Crossword ticket purchased from Wayne Lee’s in Pascagoula.

  • A Brookhaven woman won $1,000 on a Cash Pop ticket purchased from BlueSky #301 in Summit.

  • A Laurel woman won $2,600 on a Cash 4 ticket purchased from Donco #6 in Ellisville.

  • A Poplarville man won $2,600 on a $5 $100,000 Cash ticket purchased from Keith’s Superstore #194 in Carriere.

  • A Moss Point player won $2,500 on a Cash 4 ticket purchased from Wayne Lee’s in Pascagoula.

  • A McComb woman won $1,000 on a MegaMillions with multiplier ticket purchased from Breakpointe Inc. on Edgewood Dr., McComb.

  • A Biloxi woman won $1,000 on a $3 Crossword ticket purchased from Polk’s Crossgates Discount Drugs on Pops Ferry Rd., Biloxi.

  • A Long Beach player won $2,000 on a Mega Millions ticket purchased from Keith’s Superstore #109 on E. Beach Blvd., Pass Christian.

The jackpot for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing has increased to $526 million. That’s a cash value of around $284 million.

And Tuesday night’s Mega Millions jackpot is $31 million, with an estimated cash value of $16.5 million.

Purchase your tickets now online.

This story was originally published January 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM.

Chelsea Madden
The Telegraph
Chelsea is a service journalism reporter who began working for McClatchy in 2022. She was born and raised in Middle Georgia and lives in Forsyth. She attended Wesleyan College for undergrad and a few years after that, went to SCAD for an MFA in writing. Outside of work, Chelsea likes to watch Netflix, read books in the thriller genre and chase her toddler around.
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