Warrensburg lottery player wins $100K on new Scratchers game
WARRENSBURG, Mo. — With shaking hands, a Missouri Lottery player in Warrensburg was shocked to win $100,000 recently.
The Missouri Lottery said it was the first $100,000 top prize won for the “Power 5s” Scratchers game.
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The winner purchased it at the Skyhaven Conoco on 50 Highway in Warrensburg.
“I remember scratching the bottom and I’m like, ‘Oh, I won $2,500,’ and the next one was $2,500, and the next one was $25,000, and that’s when my hand started shaking,” he told the Missouri Lottery.
After scratching the rest of the ticket, the winner realized he had $100,000 — the game’s top prize.
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The “Power 5s” is a $5 Scratchers ticket that just released on Aug. 28, according to the Missouri Lottery. There are over $11.2 in prizes still up for grabs, including four more $100,000 top prizes.
In the previous fiscal year, Johnson County, Missouri, lottery players won over $6.2 million in prizes, and $7.1 million in lottery proceeds went to education in the county.
