ARNOLD, Mo. (News First) – A Missouri Lottery player in Jefferson County received a phone call from his wife when she realized he had forgotten his lunch at home. That call started a chain of events that would soon turn him into a millionaire. Not wanting to backtrack, he decided to stop at Schnucks on Vogel Road in Arnold to find something for lunch, instead of going back home. He never dreamed it would lead to a $3 million win on a “Millionaire Bucks” Scratchers game.
He said “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?’” He scanned the ticket and it said ‘Lottery Winner’. He looked again and then he saw all the zeros. “I was completely surprised! I didn’t think I had won!” he shared. 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 Fiscal Year 24, lottery players in Jefferson County have won more than $40.6 million.
