JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Kelso resident is taking home a $60,000 end-of-the-year bonus, courtesy of the Missouri Lottery Show Me Cash Draw Game. James Westrich purchased the winning ticket for the Nov. 28 drawing at Discount Liquor, 404 Main St., in Scott City. Westrich used Quick Pick to have his numbers randomly selected, which were: 15, 28, 33, 38 and 39.
Show Me Cash is a daily in-state Draw Game with jackpots starting at $50,000 that have reached $988,000. Westrich is the 485th Lottery player to win a Show Me Cash jackpot since sales for the Draw Game began in 2008.
In FY17, public education programs and institutions in Scott County received more than $457,000 based on Lottery sales from across the state. Scott County players won more than $7.6 million in prizes during FY17, and an additional $773,000 went to Scott County Missouri Lottery retailers in the form of commissions.