Man wins $50,000 from lottery ticket sold at Gower convenience store

GOWER, Mo. (News-Press NOW)-- One lucky Missouri Lottery player won $50,000 at a Gower convenience store in an uneventful trip to get gas for his lawnmower.

A "$250 Million Extravaganza" Scratchers ticket caught the man's eye at Custom Convenience, 100 S. 1st St. in Gower.

“I was getting gas and just decided to get a ticket,” he said. “It was a new ticket. too, so I thought I’d try it.”

He scratched off the ticket and said he had to check it several times before it sunk in that he won one of the game’s $50,000 prizes.

“It was my lucky day, I guess,” he said. “I was pretty excited.”

Players have already won over $9.3 million playing “$250 Million Extravaganza” since it began on May 27. There are currently over $257.8 million remaining in unclaimed prizes, including three top prizes of $5 million, three prizes of $1 million and 47 additional prizes of $50,000.  

In FY24, players in Clinton County won more than $2.8 million in Missouri Lottery prizes, retailers received more than $307,000 in commissions and bonuses, and more than $1.5 million in Lottery proceeds went to education programs in the county.