A Missouri Lottery player won a $50,000 Powerball prize playing a random set of numbers in the Oct. 8 drawing. The winning ticket was purchased at Niemann Foods, 1555 W. Highway 54, in Vandalia.

“I just look at the numbers,” the winner explained. “And I just pick them out.”

He laughed as he described his feelings after realizing what he had won.

“I did cartwheels,” he teased. “Not really. I can’t do them anymore.”

He plans to use some of the money to buy adjoining property to his existing home.

The winning numbers on Oct. 8 were 13, 43, 53, 60 and 68, with a Powerball number of 5. The winning ticket matched four of the white-ball numbers drawn, as well as the Powerball number.

Powerball is a $2 per play multi-state Draw Game with drawings held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9:59 p.m. All current and past winning numbers can be found at MOLottery.com.

In FY22, players in Audrain County won more than $5.5 million in Missouri Lottery prizes, retailers received more than $536,000 in commissions and bonuses, and more than $291,000 in Lottery proceeds went to education programs in the county.