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Mississippi parents, owed $1.7 billion in child support, could collect gambling winnings
There are 159,826 children in Mississippi whose custodial parents are owed child support, totaling $1.7 billion, according to data obtained by a Mississippi senator. Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, got those numbers from the Mississippi Department of Human …