Being a creature of habit paid off for a Missouri Lottery player in St. Charles when his Show Me Cash ticket matched all five numbers drawn in the Feb. 24 drawing, resulting in a $480,000 jackpot win.
“It’s an every Friday thing,” the winner explained. “I drop my kid off at school, then get a soda and a lottery ticket at the station.”
It was a lot to take in when he realized the ticket he purchased at St. Charles Moto Mart, 1020 S. 5th St., contained all the winning numbers drawn – 4, 11, 17, 37 and 38.
“At first, I didn’t believe it,” he recalled. “It was very exciting. The kids were going crazy!”
He shared plans to use some of the winnings to purchase a new motorcycle and some for a family vacation.
“It just doesn’t seem real!” he laughed.
Show Me Cash is drawn daily at 8:59 p.m., with jackpots that start at $50,000 and grow until won. Tonight’s Show Me Cash jackpot is $190,000.
In FY22, players who purchased tickets in St. Charles County won more than $64.3 million in total Missouri Lottery prizes. Lottery retailers in the county received more than $6.2 million in commissions and bonuses, and education programs in the county received more than $14 million in appropriated Lottery proceeds.
