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Lottery jackpots skyrocketing

“Unprecedented sales are the reason we decided to increase the estimated jackpot,” said Mississippi Lottery President Jeff Hewitt.

Record-setting jackpot for Mississippi Match 5 drawing Saturday.

The jackpot for tomorrow’s Mega Millions® drawing is worth an estimated $31 million, with an estimated cash value of $16.5 million.

The largest Mississippi Match 5 jackpot worth $665,000 was hit in July 2021, where two people matched all five numbers and split the prize.

Jackpots increasing in lottery games.

The largest Mega Millions jackpot of $1.537 billion was hit on Oct. 23, 2018, in South Carolina.

Powerball jackpot at $360 million.

Jackpots growing in Powerball, Mega Millions games.

$1 million Mega Millions prize won from Vancleave.