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Springfield Man's 'Good Feeling' Brings $20,000

A "good feeling" helped one Springfield man turn $2 into $20,000 when he made his usual morning stop at Kum & Go, 620 N. National in Springfield.  William "Will" Wells Jr. said he buys a newspaper and a $1 Missouri Lottery Scratchers ticket every morning; but the morning of July 5 was different.

"I told the clerk, ’I feel it today,’" said Wells. 

Instead of the usual $1 ticket, he opted for a $2 "Lucky Numbers" ticket and won $20,000. 

"I think the $2 tickets are key for me right now," Wells said. 

Wells recalled being with someone else a few years ago who also uncovered $20,000 on a Scratchers ticket. 

"I guess it was my turn," he said.

Wells, 34, said he and his wife, Angela, planned to use the money to build a privacy fence and finish the installing the sod for the new home they recently built. 

"Lucky Numbers," a $2 Scratchers game, officially went on sale June 4.