A Missouri Lottery player received a phone call from his wife when she realized he had forgotten his lunch at home. That simple phone call started a chain of events that would soon turn him into a millionaire.
Not wanting to backtrack, he decided to stop at a grocery store to see if he could find something for lunch before turning around. He never dreamed it would lead him to a $3 million top prize on a “Millionaire Bucks” Scratchers game.
“I normally don’t play the $30 tickets, but since I had $60 that I had won earlier on some other Scratchers tickets, I thought, ‘Why not?’” the winner explained.
Scanning the ticket before leaving Schnucks, 3900 Vogel Road in Arnold, he noticed the screen said ‘Lottery Winner.’
“I was completely surprised! I didn’t think I had won!” he shared. “Then I saw all the zeros!”
He immediately called his wife back to share the news.
“I like to play jokes,” he chuckled. “It took a little convincing for her to believe me!”
In FY24, players in Jefferson County won more than $40.6 million in Missouri Lottery prizes, retailers received more than $3.9 million in commissions and bonuses, and more than $2.7 million in Lottery proceeds went to education programs in the county.
