A Missouri Lottery player at a QuikTrip in Parkville asked for a $5 Scratchers ticket, leaving it up to the clerk to decide which game she played.  She’d soon discover she’d been handed an “In the Green” ticket holding a $100,000 top prize.

“I almost cried,” the winner recalled. “I didn’t think it was real!”

She shared plans to use the winnings to pay off student loans.

“Our debt is pretty much paid. It’s really nice,” she added.

“In the Green” is the Missouri Lottery’s newest $5 Scratchers game and currently offers over $16.9 million in unclaimed prizes, including five more $100,000 top prize and six $20,000 prizes.

The winning ticket was purchased at QuikTrip, 8601 NW 45 Highway, in Parkville.

In FY22, players in Platte County won more than $12.2 million in Missouri Lottery prizes, retailers received more than $1.2 million in commissions and bonuses, and more than $4.6 million in Lottery proceeds went to educational programs in the county.