Man surprises wife with winning lottery ticket in Missouri. ‘We’ll pay the house off!’

A Missouri man won a hefty Powerball prize — but kept his wife in suspense, officials said.

The Callaway County resident bought his winning Quick Pick ticket at a Pass-N-Gas gas station in Fulton, according to a Sept. 5 news release from the Missouri Lottery.

The man’s ticket matched four white-ball numbers and the Powerball number, winning him a $50,000 prize, an amount that he kept secret from his wife.

“He didn’t tell me how much until I was on my way over to the Lottery Headquarters,” his wife told lottery officials.

“I said, ‘I’m not going to tell you the amount, but we’ll pay the house off!’” the man, who was not identified, told officials. “And then I did tell her the amount.”

Callaway County is about 100 miles west of St. Louis.

This story was originally published September 6, 2023 at 9:21 AM with the headline "Man surprises wife with winning lottery ticket in Missouri. ‘We’ll pay the house off!’."