While stopping for his morning coffee, a Missouri Lottery player could have turned left to go to one Casey’s location and right to go to another. His choice to turn left and go to the Casey’s located at 503 S. Franklin St. in Kirksville, was a winning decision. The “$5,000,000 Fortune” Scratchers ticket he purchased there ended up containing one of the game’s $50,000 prizes.
“I can get to (a Casey’s) by turning right or left,” he shared, noting how it quickly became obvious he had a winning ticket.
“I knew I had won something when I saw one of my numbers matched one of the winning numbers,” the winner explained. “I saw the ‘50’ in the prize amount and then saw there were more zeros!”
Players of the “$5,000,000 Fortune” Scratchers game have claimed more than $45.5 million in prizes since the $50 ticket was released in May. Over $207 million in prizes remain unclaimed - including two top prizes of $5 million, three $1 million prizes, and 32 additional $50,000 prizes.
In FY24, players in Adair County won more than $3.2 million in Missouri Lottery prizes, retailers received more than $308,000 in commissions and bonuses, and more than $5.6 million in Lottery proceeds went to education programs in the county.
