Several Mississippi lottery players began the new year with thousands of dollars in winnings.

The biggest holiday winner may have been a Laurel man who won $247,500.19 on a Match 5 Lottery ticket from Ellisville Pit Stop LLC in Ellisville.

Other big winners from the week between Christmas and New Year’s include:

• A Water Valley man won $100,000 on a Powerball from GPM #7260 in Water Valley.
• A man from Coldwater who won $50,000 in the Powerball Lottery. The lucky winner’s ticket matched four of the five white balls plus the red Powerball to win the $50,000 prize. The ticket was purchased from Coldwater Travel Center Inc. in Coldwater.
• A Blue Mountain woman won $25,000 on five Cash 4 tickets from Buzzz’d in Ripley.
• A Jackson man won $25,000 on a $2 scratch-off from JPK Food & Fuel in Jackson.
• A Jackson woman won $10,000 on a $5 scratch-off from Thindz LLC Fill Up 8 in Ridgeland.
• An Aberdeen woman won $5,400 on two Cash 4 tickets from Freshly Market in Aberdeen.
• A Meridian woman won $5,000 on a Cash 4 from Citgo in Meridian.
• A Vicksburg player won $5,000 on a Cash 4 drawing Dec. 26, 2023, according to the Mississippi Lottery website. The player won with the numbers “0519” and no Fireball option, spending $1 on the lottery ticket. The ticket was sold at Suds N Smokes, 3114 Halls Ferry Road.