NewsMarch 26, 2019
Jackson resident wins $77,777 in lottery
Jackson resident Kevin Pruitt came home from a family vacation in Cancun, Mexico, to find he’d won $77,777 in the Missouri Lottery. “We got home from Cancun on Thursday, and I bought the ticket on Friday,” Pruitt said in a news release. “My wife works next door to a mini-mart, and I stop in a few times a week to buy a ticket while I’m visiting her.”...
Southeast Missourian
Jackson resident Kevin Pruitt came home from a family vacation in Cancun, Mexico, to find he’d won $77,777 in the Missouri Lottery.
“We got home from Cancun on Thursday, and I bought the ticket on Friday,” Pruitt said in a news release. “My wife works next door to a mini-mart, and I stop in a few times a week to buy a ticket while I’m visiting her.”
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Pruitt uncovered a “7” symbol on his Fireball 7s scratcher ticket, which awards prizes for uncovering the number 7, with a top prize of $77,777.
The Pruitts plan to pay down debt with the prize, according to the release.
The winning ticket was sold at Jackson Mart, 1402 Old Cape Road in Jackson.
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