Evening Lotto drawing moved back

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Lottery is moving its evening drawings back more than two hours so more people will have time to buy tickets.

Sales currently end at 6:45 p.m. for the daily drawings for Pick 3, Pick 4, Show Me Cash, and for Missouri Lotto on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Starting Monday, sales for the drawings will end at 8:59 p.m. and numbers will be drawn between then and 9:15 p.m.

Lottery executive director May Scheve Reardon says the new cutoff will give players more time to buy tickets and retailers more time to earn commissions.

Drawings for the midday drawings will not change.