Celebrating 50th anniversary, Bass Pro Shops offers first chance at new Scratchers tickets

Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, Missouri.
Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, Missouri.

The country's biggest outdoor retailer has teamed up with the Missouri Lottery for commemorative Scratchers tickets.

Visitors to Bass Pro Shops in Springfield will be among the first to get a chance to purchase these new Missouri Lottery Bass Pro Scratchers tickets in honor of the company's 50th anniversary.

The $5 Bass Pro Scratchers tickets will be on sale Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bass Pro Shops location in Springfield near the corner of Campbell Avenue and Sunshine Street.

Bass Pro will also have opportunities for customers to play games and win prizes onsite. Also, any non-winning tickets purchased at the event can be entered into a second-chance drawing to win a campsite prize package valued at almost $2,000.

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Bass Pro Shops Scratchers tickets cost $5 and offer three top prizes of $100,000. They will go on sale at Missouri Lottery retailers starting Aug. 29.

Ralph Green is a business reporter with the Springfield News-Leader. Contact him at RAGreen@gannett.com, by phone: (417-536-4061) or on Twitter at RalphGreenNL

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