Saturday’s jackpot still holding as second-largest Match 5 jackpot to date

Mississippi Lottery officials have bumped up the jackpot amount again for the Saturday, Jan. 28, drawing of Mississippi Match 5 after Thursday’s drawing yielded no jackpot winners.

To win the jackpot for Mississippi Match 5, a player must match all five numbers, which has not occurred since the Dec. 10, 2022, drawing. The drawing Saturday will be the 21^st drawing since it was last hit and the second-largest Match 5 jackpot to date. The largest Mississippi Match 5 jackpot worth $665,000 was hit in July 2021.

The jackpot for the Saturday, Jan. 28, Powerball^® drawing is up to an estimated $572 million, with an estimated cash value of $308.9 million. The jackpot for tonight’s Mega Millions^® drawing is worth an estimated $20 million, with an estimated cash value of $10.5 million.