LEE COUNTY, Miss. ( WJTV ) – The Mississippi Lottery launched the $20 Jackson game November 2023 with a top prize of $1 million.
On Monday, a Lee County woman walked away from the Mississippi Lottery Headquarters with the title of being the first millionaire winner from the game.
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On Friday, January 26, the unidentified woman walked into Blue Sky #735 on North Gloster in Tupelo to purchase a few tickets. Noticing a woman in front of her purchase the $20 Jackson game, she decided to buy one, along with her normal Cash Pop purchase.
The woman scratched it a few hours later at work and was surprised that she had won one of the top prizes worth $1 million.
“I told the kids I had a surprise to tell them when we got home,” she said. “One joked I’d won a million dollars. I gave them cookies, instead. They were disappointed; then, I told them I had in fact won one million dollars!”
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