When a Missouri Lottery player scratched off the “Fun 5s” Scratchers ticket he purchased at Food Mart, 2700 N. Baltimore St. in Kirksville, he needed a second opinion to believe his $100,000 prize was real.
“I play that ticket a lot,” he said. “I actually drove to my girlfriend’s house to show it to her to make sure I was reading it right.”
Once she looked it over, she called her son into the room to also double-check the ticket. He came prepared for adding up the prizes uncovered in the game.
“He actually brought in his calculator,” the girlfriend laughed. “He said, ‘I’ve never held this much money in my life!’”
So far, “Fun 5s” players have won over $6.1 million in prizes playing the $5 game. There are currently over $8.7 million in unclaimed prizes, including three more top prizes of $100,000 and two prizes of $25,000.
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.
