ST. LOUIS – A woman almost threw away her $1million winning scratch-off ticket, but luckily decided to check the “Millionaire Blowout” ticket first. 

The Missouri Lottery says the woman was minutes away from tossing out the ticket after it sat in her car for two days. She purchased it at a 7-Eleven on Lemay Ferry Road. 

“I stopped at the gas station to check my ticket, just to make sure I wasn’t throwing away any winners,” she said. “I scanned the ticket, and it said I won $1 million, visit the Lottery office,” said the winner. 

She said she didn’t believe it was and in disbelief, scanned the ticket a few more times. 

“I thought maybe it was wrong, but it kept saying I was a winner,” she said.  “I won $1 million!”  

The $50 game has $228 million remaining in unclaimed prizes, including two top prizes of $5 million and 14 additional $1 million prizes.