During the month of January, Missouri Lottery offices paid out more than $18 million in prizes of $1,000 or more.

A  Missouri Lottery player in St. Charles won a $100,000 prize on a “Magnificent Millions” Scratchers ticket purchased at Phillips 66, 2675 W. Clay St., in St. Charles.

A clerk at Casey’s, 119 N. Highway 169 in Smithville, was the first to alert a Missouri Lottery player that he’d won an $87,000 Show Me Cash jackpot prize.

A Missouri Lottery player in St. Charles County has claimed the first top prize of $1 million in the new “$1,000 Frenzy” Scratchers game. 

A Missouri Lottery player in St. Louis won one of six $100,000 top prizes offered in the “Money Money Money” Scratchers game. 

While checking the winning numbers from the Feb. 2 Show Me Cash drawing, a Missouri Lottery player in Jackson County realized the numbers looked familiar. 

A Missouri Lottery Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was purchased at Auto Spa Etc., 8 Ellisville Towne Center, in Ellisville. 

A Show Me Cash ticket purchased at West Bottoms, 1509 W. 12th St. in Kansas City, matched all five numbers drawn on Jan. 22, resulting in a $145,000 jackpot win for a Missouri Lottery player.

A Missouri Lottery player won a $50,000 Scratchers prize on a “500X” ticket purchased at Phil-Mart, 500 S. Main, in Salem. 

A St. Louis Missouri Lottery player won a $151,000 Show Me Cash prize in the Jan. 10 drawing. 

While looking at tickets in a vending machine at Schnucks, 8650 Big Bend Blvd. in St. Louis, a “5,000,000 Fortune” Scratchers ticket caught the eye of a Missouri Lottery player. 

The first $2 million top prize was claimed in the Missouri Lottery’s “40th Anniversary” Scratchers game. The winning ticket was purchased at Gas Mart, 710 Goodfellow Blvd., in St. Louis.

A  Missouri Lottery player in Jackson County uncovered a $50,000 prize on a “500X” Scratchers ticket purchased at QuikTrip, 4024 S. Noland Road, in Independence.

A Missouri Lottery player in Festus won a $50,000 Powerball prize – and the chance to return to volunteer work.  

A group of Kansas City area teachers won a $50,000 prize on a Powerball ticket purchased at Casey’s, 1202 N. 7 Highway, in Blue Springs. 

As a Missouri Lottery player started scratching the “777 Jackpot” Scratchers ticket she purchased at Caseys, 8084 E. 7th St. in Duenweg, she was thrilled to discover the second spot held a $100,000 prize.

A Missouri Lottery player uncovered a $2 million prize on a “$2,000,000 Platinum Payout” Scratchers ticket purchased at Circle K, 1980 Richardson Road, in Arnold.

A Missouri Lottery player said she might not have realized she’d won $100,000 if she hadn’t entered her “$500 Frenzy” Scratchers tickets into her My Lottery Players Club account for Rewards.

A Missouri Lottery player won a $50,000 Scratchers prize on a “Crossword Plus” ticket in Butler County. 

A routine stop at Casey’s, 2520 Range Line St. in Columbia, turned into a $1 million win for one lucky Missouri Lottery player. 

A Missouri Lottery player in St. Louis was at a loss for words after scanning his Powerball ticket at the local grocery store.

While looking at Scratchers tickets at Lucky’s Eagle Stop, 205 E. Morgan St. in Boonville, a Missouri Lottery player suddenly got a good feeling about a “500X” ticket. 

A Missouri Lottery player who won a $100,000 Scratchers prize on a “Money Money Money” ticket said her husband gave her the ticket to scratch.

A Missouri Lottery player in St. Louis County has claimed a $339,000 Show Me Cash jackpot from the Dec. 26 drawing.

While drinking her morning coffee, a Missouri Lottery player pulled up the MOLottery app to check her Mega Millions ticket against the winning numbers for the Jan. 6 drawing.

A Missouri Lottery player in Alton uncovered a $77,777 prize on a “777 Jackpot” Scratchers ticket purchased at Alton Quick Connection, Highway 160 West.

Since the very first “Jackpot ‘86” Scratchers ticket was sold exactly four decades ago, the Missouri Lottery has created a total of 750 millionaires. During that time, it has also provided an average of $600,000 a day - every day - to the state and public education.

A Missouri Lottery player claimed a $100,000 top prize on a “Merry Money” Scratchers ticket at the Lottery’s St. Louis office on Dec. 29.  The winning ticket was purchased at Fas-Trip, 5860 Highway 100, in Washington

A Missouri Lottery player in St. Charles gifted her family a Powerball ticket for the Dec. 17 drawing and couldn’t believe how close they came to hitting the jackpot.

A Missouri Lottery player in Lawrence County has claimed a $50,000 Powerball prize from the Dec. 24 drawing. 

A stop at Reeves Boomland #2, 6399 Highway 77 in Benton, ended in a $50,000 Powerball prize for one lucky Missouri Lottery player. 

A Show Me Cash ticket purchased at Phillips 66, 1342 Pennsylvania Ave. in Pagedale, led one Missouri Lottery player to win $136,000 in the Jan. 2 drawing. The winning ticket matched all five numbers drawn that night – 3, 8, 11, 18 and 25.

A Missouri Lottery Club Keno player in Johnson County won $84,676 on the ticket he purchased at Rathole Bar, 123 N.E. 661 in Knob Noster, during a quarterly Keno promotion in December.

A discussion with the clerk at Ruby’s Food & Fuel, 2176 State Highway 248 in Branson, led a Missouri Lottery player to uncover a $100,000 prize on a “40th Anniversary” Scratchers ticket.
 

A Missouri Lottery player in Greene County uncovered a $100,000 top prize on a “Fat Wallet” Scratchers ticket purchased at Break Time, 1545 W. Republic Road, in Springfield. 

A Mega Millions ticket purchased at 32 Whistle Stop, 2135 Highway 32 in Halfway, led to a $50,000 win for a Missouri Lottery player following the Dec. 26 drawing. 

A Missouri Lottery player in Bowling Green turned a $5,000 prize into $100,000 after uncovering a multiplier symbol on a “50X” Scratchers game purchased at Crossroads General Store, 1001 S. Business 61, in Bowling Green.

A Missouri Lottery player in Christian County uncovered a $50,000 prize on a “$1,000 Frenzy” Scratchers ticket after it caught her eye at Walmart, 1102 N. Massey Blvd., in Nixa.

A Missouri Lottery player in Laclede County won a $100,000 prize on a “Triple Cash Crossword” Scratchers ticket – a win that will jumpstart his home renovation project. 

A Missouri Lottery player scratched and stacked the TETRIMINOS on his “TETRIS®” Scratchers ticket to win a top prize of $100,000. He purchased the winning ticket at Long Pour Liquors, 1910 Woodson Road, in Overland. 

During the month of December, Missouri Lottery offices paid out more than $5 million in prizes of $1,000 or more.

While driving home after a family luncheon, a Missouri Lottery player asked her husband to stop and grab a couple of Scratchers tickets at QuikTrip, 11101 E. 40 Highway, in Independence. To her amazement, the purchase included a “$1,000,000 Cash Craze” ticket that would end up being worth $50,000.

A Missouri Lottery player in Jackson County uncovered a $100,000 top prize on a “50X” Scratchers ticket purchased at Moon Light, 922 E Linwood Blvd., in Kansas City. 

A Missouri Lottery player in Jefferson County won the first $300,000 top prize in the “Starry Nights” Scratchers game. 

The decision of a Missouri Lottery player in St. Louis County to purchase a Powerball ticket for the Nov. 19 drawing led to a $50,000 prize – and a sweet moment with the clerk that sold him the ticket. 

When a St. Charles County couple pulled up the Missouri Lottery app to check their Powerball ticket against the winning numbers from the Dec. 20 drawing, they were surprised to see number after number line up.