JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Lottery players won big with the Mississippi Match 5 and the Powerball with the Power Play option!

Officials with the Mississippi Lottery said a Powerball ticket purchased in D’Iberville with the $1 Power Play multiplier option turned a $50,000 win into $150,000 in the July 23 drawing. A Leakesville man won the $701,000 Mississippi Match 5 jackpot prize in the July 20 drawing with a free ticket he won by purchasing the game’s $1 Multiplier add-on from a previous drawing.

“Winning free tickets is one of the benefits of the Mississippi 5 game, giving you more chances to win,” said Mississippi Lottery President Jeff Hewitt. “Our players know our in-state Match 5 game has good odds, and adding the $1 Multiplier option gives them more opportunity to win bigger prizes.” 

Mississippi Match 5 is an in-state exclusive draw game held every night at 9:30 p.m. Powerball is drawn every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 9:59 p.m. You can watch the drawing on WJTV 12 News and WHLT.