Man Wins $1M from the Mississippi Lottery, Plans New Vehicle Purchase

A lucky Mississippi Lottery player has won a life-changing seven-figure sum from one of the lottery’s scratch-off games. The man, who visited the lottery HQ and claimed his prize, said that he plans to use his newfound fortune to purchase a new vehicle. Gulfport Man Takes Home $1M According to the announcement, the lucky winner was a man from Gulfport, who bought a $30 Millionaire Maker scratch-off ticket during a regular visit to a local gas station. True to its name, the ticket made a new millionaire after the lucky player scratched it off to reveal a $1 million top prize. For reference, the lucky ticket was sold at a Shell Gas station in Long Beach. The man visited the lottery HQ to claim his winnings and revealed some details about how the win happened. According to him, the ticket was bought on Monday while he was visiting the aforementioned gas station. The man revealed that he is a regular there, often purchasing various lottery games. According to the winner, he was already an avid Millionaire Maker fan before the big win happened, since he had already won smaller wins on Millionaire Maker tickets. He was pleased that his persistence ended up netting him such an unforgettable prize. The man told lottery officials that he plans to use the money to get himself a new vehicle. After that, he is planning what he called “a lot of saving.” At launch, the Millionaire Maker game featured 10 top prizes of $1 million. As of the time of this writing, seven of these remain. MS Match 5 Player Just Won a $250K Prize In other news, another lucky player in Mississippi recently secured a big payout of $250,000 from the Match 5 game. As the game’s title suggests, it is a draw-based game where players have to match five individual numbers. The player in question matched all five numbers for the August 31 drawing, which netted them the aforementioned payout. For reference, the winning numbers were 10, 12, 17, 23, and 30. Roughly a year before that win happened, a player who selected the numbers 6, 10, 27, 33, and 35, won a $460,000 payout from the MS Match 5 game.