NewsApril 26, 2008
Cape Girardeau woman wins big in lottery scratch-off game
A Cape Girardeau woman won $77,000 in a $5 Missouri Lottery scratch-off game, the state lottery commission reported. Jessie Reavis, 66, purchased the "Lucky 7's" ticket April 9 at Food Giant, 1120 N. Kingshighway. When she scratched off the first prize space to reveal a $10,000 win, she thought "someone was pulling a trick on me," Reavis told the lottery's public affairs office. "When I scratched off the other prizes, I started shaking like a leaf."...
Southeast Missourian
A Cape Girardeau woman won $77,000 in a $5 Missouri Lottery scratch-off game, the state lottery commission reported. Jessie Reavis, 66, purchased the "Lucky 7's" ticket April 9 at Food Giant, 1120 N. Kingshighway. When she scratched off the first prize space to reveal a $10,000 win, she thought "someone was pulling a trick on me," Reavis told the lottery's public affairs office. "When I scratched off the other prizes, I started shaking like a leaf."
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Reavis said she plans to use her prize money to purchase a new garage door and bank the rest.
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