Lottery player thought she won $1,000 in Missouri. ‘And then I saw all those zeros!’

A Missouri woman thought she won $1,000 with a lottery ticket she bought at Kroger — but her actual prize was worth much, much more.

“I was scratching it off, and I thought it was a $1,000 prize, and then I saw all those zeros!” she told lottery officials when claiming her big win.

The lottery player had actually won $1 million with her $1,000,000 Money Multiplier ticket, according to a June 23 news release from the Missouri Lottery.

Now, she plans to buy a home.

Lottery officials said she bought her ticket at a Kroger grocery store in Troy.

“I was choosing between three of the $10 tickets,” the woman said, and the $1,000,000 Money Multiplier scratcher caught her eye.

Troy is about 55 miles northwest of St. Louis.

This story was originally published June 25, 2023 at 9:06 AM with the headline "Lottery player thought she won $1,000 in Missouri. ‘And then I saw all those zeros!’."