Lottery

Check your numbers. Match 5 ticket worth more than $320,000 is sold in Mississippi

A Mississippi Match 5 player won a $323,287 jackpot after matching all five numbers in the drawing Thursday, according to officials with the Mississippi Lottery Corp.

The winning ticket was sold at Corner Fuel Center on U.S. 49 in Hattiesburg.

The winning numbers were 5-6-12-24-29.

The winner had not yet come forward Friday but has 180 days from the date of drawing to claim. The prize must be claimed at MLC headquarters in Flowood.

The jackpot is reset at an estimated $50,000, the MLC said.

The five-digit draw game is played three nights a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Players select five numbers from 1-35 or use a quick-pick for the game. The tickets cost $2.

Mississippi Coast residents have won the Match 5 jackpot in the past, including a $200,000 jackpot winner in Hurley and another winner from Poplarville.

This story was originally published October 27, 2023 at 1:04 PM.

Margaret Baker
Sun Herald
Margaret is an investigative reporter whose search for truth exposed corrupt sheriffs, a police chief and various jailers and led to the first prosecution of a federal hate crime for the murder of a transgendered person. She worked on the Sun Herald’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Hurricane Katrina team. When she pursues a big story, she is relentless.
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