ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. – A Missouri Lottery ticket in St. Peter’s held the winning numbers for one woman.

The ticket was purchased at the QuikTrip on St. Peter’s Parkway, matching all five white-ball numbers, only missing the Mega Ball number.

Just prior to the win, the woman had talked to her co-workers about what she would do if she ever won the lottery.

Bringing the conversation over to her family, they asked if she had won the lottery. The woman said no, having no idea she was a winner.

A few days later, the woman and one of her daughters were looking at lottery tickets lying around.

“I was holding the ticket in my hand, and (my daughter) was naming off the numbers. I got the first number right, the second number right. I got all the numbers right but the Mega Ball,” the winner said. “We were talking and crying and couldn’t sleep.”

The woman plans to use the money to buy cars for her daughters and her father, as well as complete some work around her house.

The Mega Millions Friday jackpot is estimated at $333 million.

St. Charles County Missouri Lottery players won more than $63.3 million in prizes in 2023. More than $6.3 million of the money went to education programs throughout the county.

The chances of taking home the matching five numbers to hit the $1 million jackpot are 1 in 11,688,054.