A Ferguson woman turned a routine Monday stop at her neighborhood market into a six-figure surprise when she realized a scratch-off ticket she had picked up was worth $100,000. She discovered the prize after checking the ticket and was later contacted by state lottery officials to verify the win, turning an everyday errand into a serious payday.
The winning $100,000 “Taxes Paid” ticket was sold at A1 Market, 3336 Pershall Road in Ferguson, according to FOX 2. The Missouri Lottery lists the game as the $5 “$100,000 Taxes Paid” scratcher and says it has produced more than $3.5 million in prizes since its late-January release, according to Missouri Lottery.
In describing the moment her luck turned, the winner told FOX 2, “I couldn’t believe it when my numbers matched the winning numbers!” She added, “I enjoy playing all the different scratchers games, and this was just the one I picked that day.”
Game Payouts And Local Impact
The Missouri Lottery’s 2025 fact book reports that nearly $48 million in Lottery proceeds went to educational programs last year and that players in St. Louis County received more than $195.9 million in prize payouts in 2025, according to Missouri Lottery. Lottery officials say instant-ticket sales like this scratcher are a steady source of funding for those programs and a regular driver of local prize payouts…