Man wins $1 million with Cape lottery ticket

A lottery ticket sold in Cape Girardeau netted its winner $1 million.

The prize came in the state lottery's "100X The Money" scratch-off game, and the ticket was sold at Drury Petroleum, 3276 William St.

According to a release from Missouri Lottery, the winner scratched the ticket in the store after purchasing it, quickly uncovering a "100X" symbol, meaning he had won 100 times the related prize, which remained unscratched.

"I didn't see the amount," he explained. "I just saw that it said '100X.' I was thinking I'd won 100 bucks."

But when he began scratching the prize, he started seeing zeroes — and ultimately, a base prize of $10,000.

"I knew what the amount was," he said. "But I thought, 'There's no way.' I got out my cellphone and did the math."

If there was any doubt left in his mind, it disappeared when he scanned the ticket at the retail location's Check-A-Ticket machine, which confirmed he was holding one of two $1 million top-prize winners in the game.

"It was definitely a life-changing moment right then," he said.

There are more than $25.2 million in prizes unclaimed in "100X The Money," including the other $1 million top prize and five $50,000 second prizes.