Having a little bit of time on his hands, a Missouri Lottery player decided to check out the Lottery vending machine at Convenience Barn 4, 154 Parkway Drive, in Park Hills.
He didn’t see the game he usually plays, so he tried his luck on a “5X Bingo” Scratchers ticket instead. That choice led him to claim a $55,558 prize.
“I won my three dollars back,” the winner shared. “Then when I scratched Card 6, that’s when I won the big one!”
Just to be sure, he took a picture of the ticket and sent it to his mother-in-law.
“A few minutes later I called her and she said, ‘We blew the picture up and you won!’”
To date, “5X Bingo” players have won more than $15.3 million.
In FY24, players in St. Francois County won more than $12.4 million in Missouri Lottery prizes, retailers received more than $1.2 million in commissions and bonuses, and more than $2.7 million in Lottery proceeds went to education programs in the county.
