$3.2 million lottery ticket sold at Columbia gas station

Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Missouri Lottery announced in a Wednesday press release that a Boone County man bought a ticket from a Columbia gas station that won him $3.2 million.

The Quick Pick ticket was bought at the Midwest Petroleum at 126 South Providence Road for the Oct. 15 drawing.

The man claimed the prize at the lottery’s headquarters in Jefferson City.

“That night, I was watching a movie and didn’t check it until later,” the winner was quoted in the release. “At first, I thought I had matched five of the six numbers, but then I looked again and realized I had all six!”

The name of the winner was not announced in the release.

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