Missouri Lottery players took home more than $78.6 million in prizes during the month of December. Of the total $78 million awarded, more than $5.4 million were prizes of $1,000 or more.
Area winners of $1,000 or more in December include the following:
"Second Chance of a Lifetime: Cruise into the Holidays" $1,000 taxes-paid winners:
Lois Alexander,
Poplar Bluff
Robyn Hillis, Poplar Bluff
$100,000 Scratchers
winners:
Laura Prado, Holcomb
$5,000 Scratchers
winners:
Beverly Robertson,
Poplar Bluff
Vernon Strickland, Salem
Michael Clark, Savannah
Martin Linson, St. Charles
Comezell Walker,
St. Joseph
Glenn Simpson, St. Peters
Yon Weeks, St. Robert
James Frank, Stockton
Hubert Roethele,
Summersville
$4,000 Scratchers
winners:
Linda Rhine, Malden
Michael Moore,
Poplar Bluff
$2,000 Scratchers
winners:
Luanne Free, Dexter
$1,000 Scratchers
winners:
Roy Metcalf Jr., Advance
Collin Cooper, Dexter
Dennis Dodson, Dexter
Reginald Griffin, Dexter
Stanley Snider, Dexter
Zachary Taylor, Dexter
Bobby Hillis, Poplar Bluff
Mary Howard, Poplar Bluff
Seth Kitchens, Poplar Bluff
John Lyscas, Poplar Bluff
Bonnie Osborn, Poplar Bluff