Mississippi residents line up to purchase lottery tickets in state for first time

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sully16 — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:34:18 GMT

Congrats to all in Mississippi, win big

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user34 — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:27:41 GMT

In the future it will be seen/thought of as a historical moment.

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noise-gate — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:49:55 GMT

5:00 am? I seriously doubt Joel Osteen has had a crowd waiting at that hour to enter his Mega Church for service. The dream of being rich, you gotta love it.

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music* — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:36:10 GMT

I can't imagine losing hundreds of bridges. This is an emergency. How inconvenient that would be. Unsafe as well if your fire station is on the opposite side of a river.

Congratulations to the Mississippi Lottery

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parlayman — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:06:07 GMT

I wonder if they are going to add state draw games like Pick 3 and Pick 4.

Mississippi residents line up to purchase lottery tickets in state for first time

Lottery Post — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:56:16 GMT

Scores of Mississippi residents made their way to convenience stores as early as 5 a.m. Monday as the state's first lottery tickets went on sale in over 1,000 locations.

It is the first time Mississippi residents don't have to leave the state to buy lottery tickets anymore. And to mark the historic day, the Mississippi Lottery Corporation took to social media to ask residents to post a picture of their purchase.

Mississippians will no longer have to cross into neighboring states to partic... [ More ]