ST. LOUIS — A Missouri woman was shocked when she saw she won a huge lottery prize on a scratch-off ticket.
The woman bought the $5 Merry Money ticket at a store in West Plains, according to an October 24 news release from the Missouri Lottery.
“I stopped at Casey’s and grabbed a couple of tickets before work,” she told lottery officials.
Then, she saw how much she won.
The woman was left shocked when she won the game’s top prize of $100,000, lottery officials said.
“I have never won anything this big before!” she said.
The game was released October 13, and players have since won more than $1.1 million , according to lottery officials.
There is still over $10 million in prizes unclaimed, including two more top prizes of $100,000 and two $20,000 prizes as of October 24.
West Plains is about a 205-mile drive southwest from St. Louis.
By JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ/McClatchy News
Jennifer Rodriguez is a McClatchy National Real-Time reporter covering the Central and Midwest regions. She joined McClatchy in 2023 after covering local news in Youngstown, Ohio, for over six years. Jennifer has made several achievements in her journalism career, including receiving the Robert R. Hare Award in English, the Emerging Leader Justice and Equality Award, the Regional Edward R. Murrow Award and the Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Award.
