Pick 5 jackpot game will become a daily draw game this fall
By Kate Northrop
Later this year, the Mississippi Lottery's Match 5 draw game will move to a daily draw schedule, joining other daily draw games in the evenings.
Beginning Sept. 10, Mississippi lottery players will be able to enter daily drawings for the Pick 5-style Match 5 game.
As of now, drawings for the game take place every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 9:30 pm CT. Now, the draw schedule will align with the Lottery's other daily draw games, Cash 3, Cash 4, and Cash Pop, so that they will all be drawn every day at 9:30 pm CT.
"The popularity of Match 5 has skyrocketed since the record $905,000 jackpot was hit in February," Lottery President Jeff Hewitt said in a press release. "Mississippi Match 5's great odds and ease of play consistently make it a player favorite. We're simply responding to what players want — more Mississippi Match 5."
Currently, players can buy multi-draw tickets with the option of participating in up to 24 Match 5 draws. Starting July 18, the number of draws available will be 23, decreasing by one every consecutive drawing.
On Sept. 10, players will be able to purchase up to 21 multi-draw advance drawings, including the drawing.
The game rules, odds, and price per ticket at $2 a play will remain the same, with players picking five numbers between 1 and 35 or having the terminal randomly select numbers using the Quick Pick option. Players can add the Multiplier feature to their ticket for an extra $1 per play, which multiplies non-jackpot winning prizes by 2, 3, 4, or 5 times.
The odds of matching all five numbers to win the jackpot are 1 in 324,632. The starting jackpot for each new drawing cycle begins at $50,000.
The Mississippi Match 5 jackpot currently stands at $68,000 for the next drawing on Thurs., July 13. All winning numbers, prizes, and odds, are published on Lottery Post's Mississippi Lottery Results page right after each drawing.
l am so Proud of Mississippi they came in late in the Games but they are catching up quickly . Unlike Oklahoma that canceled pick 4 games due to profit issues . To be in business you have to be like other businesses
that is why it is called the Universe where things are just similar in harmony lol
It is a learning curve with retailers there. I always purchase PP and MP and told the clerk that since they were bought in advance. My fault for not checking the tickets until I got home to KY, no PP or MP. Won $2, mailed it to them and the check came pronto.
Wow, I never heard of a lotto canceling a Daily Game, Pick 4 at that!
Unheard of til now, I'm shocked.