A Missouri Lottery player in Cameron was looking to fill the minutes before a meeting when she uncovered a $100,000 Scratchers top prize.
"I was killing time,” the winner explained. “I had a meeting to go to and was early, so I got a crossword (ticket).”
The “20X Crossword” ticket she purchased at Trex Mart, 614 N. Walnut St. in Cameron, turned out to hold the first of the game’s seven prizes.
"It was a surprise, to say the least,” she laughed. “It was a wonderful surprise."
In FY23, players in Clinton County won more than $3 million in Missouri Lottery prizes, retailers received more than $310,000 in commissions and bonuses, and more than $815,000 in Lottery proceeds went to education programs in the county.
