A Missouri Lottery player in Wentzville uncovered a $50,000 Scratchers prize by uncovering just one number.
"It was the strangest thing. It was one lousy number. Number ‘13’," the winner laughed.
He elaborated, "So one number matched, 13, but I didn't scratch the prize. When I saw it was $50,000, it just didn't register. 'What in the dickens?' I didn't believe it.'”
The winner, who purchased his ticket at Dierbergs, 1820 Wentzville Parkway, explained he chose the ticket because he gets “a bigger kick out of playing that game!"
“500X” is a $50 Scratchers game, which currently offers over $135.4 million in unclaimed prizes, including a top prize of $5 million, two $1 million prizes and 28 additional $50,000 prizes. Players can enter their eligible “500X” tickets into their My Lottery® Players Club accounts for a chance to win $500 cash in the next monthly “Scratch Big, Win Big!” drawing.
In FY23, players in St. Charles County won more than $63.3 million in Missouri Lottery prizes, retailers received more than $6.4 million in commissions and bonuses, and more than $6.3 million in Lottery proceeds went to education programs in the county.
