A Gulfport man won $1 million on the only $30 ticket Mississippi sells

A Gulfport man claimed a $1 million top prize on the Mississippi Lottery's $30 Millionaire Maker scratch-off in Flowood on Tuesday, September 8, the lottery said.

He bought the $30 ticket on September 7 at a Shell in Long Beach, on a regular run where he purchases his favorite draw game numbers and one scratch-off. He had already won smaller prizes on Millionaire Maker and that kept him coming back to the game, and he told the lottery he rotates the stores he buys from. Win the prize money, he plans to purchase a new vehicle and save the rest.

His was the third of ten $1 million top prizes claimed since the game launched on January 6, 2026. Seven $1 million prizes are still out there.

About 27.9% of the Millionaire Maker print run has sold, and the prizes claimed so far line up with that figure at nearly every level. Three of ten top prizes gone is 30%. The $500 tier is at 28.1%, and the $50 tier at 27.9%.

Millionaire maker pays more than anything else Mississippi sells

Millionaire Maker is the only $30 game in the state, and only two other states are in that position, Maine and New Hampshire. It also returns 78.8% of sales as prizes, the highest figure on any of the 75 tickets Mississippi has on sale.

Mississippi's average payout across all prices is 66.7%, the seventh lowest of the 39 states we can rank and more than three points under the 70.0% national average. Its $1 games return 60.7%.

Eighteen points separate the top and bottom games, steeper than the national spread.

On our ValueScore™, which weighs payout alongside the odds and what is left in the game, Millionaire Maker rates 89.5. Two $20 tickets rate higher in Mississippi, CA$H Explosion at 95.5 and $100 Million Extravaganza at 94.9, both of them newer and barely sold. Current standings are on our rankings page and the Mississippi page.

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Mississippi Lottery: $30 Millionaire Maker Ticket Makes Another Millionaire