Missouri Lottery player wins $100K after double-checking ticket
DEKALB COUNTY, Mo. (KQTV) -- A Missouri Lottery player said she might not have won $100,000 if she hadn't double-checked her "$500 Frenzy" tickets on her My Lottery Players Club account for Rewards.
"When I scanned the ticket into the app and saw 'Congratulations' on the Screen, I thought, 'Did I miss something?'" she said.
After double-checking the ticket, she noticed she had overlooked one matching number, one that held a $100,000 top prize.
"It's such a blessing, and we hope to bless others also," she said.
The winning ticket was purchased at SBJ Fuels, located at 1314 Walnut St. in Cameron, Missouri. The prize was later claimed at the Lottery's Kansas City regional office on Jan. 20.
According to a news release from the Missouri Lottery, "$500 Frenzy" players have won over $2.9 million in prizes since the $5 game was released in December.
Currently, over $9.9 million in prizes remain unclaimed, including three additional $100,000 top prizes and frive $10,000 prizes.
In Fiscal Year 25, players in DeKalb County won over $1.3 million in Missouri Lottery prizes and retailers received over $133,000 in commissions and bonuses. Over $504,000 in Lottery proceeds went to education programs in the county, according to the news release.
