An executive director oversees the organization and reports to a five-member commission that is appointed by the governor.
Retired Highway Patrol Captain Lester Elder was hired as the director of the Missouri Lottery in November 2022.
The $250,000 Scratcher card generated much publicity when unemployed couple Robert Russell and Tracie Rogers won the jackpot in July 2010.
Traditionally sold in age-controlled environments (often where alcoholic beverages are served), the game is now available at any Missouri Lottery retailer as Keno To Go.
Scratch cards are the Lottery's most popular games, sold in a large variety of locations from gas stations to sports venues via vending machines.
Card prices range from $1 to $50, with the more expensive games having better odds of winning as well as larger prizes.
Themed scratchers are common (such as for holidays, promotional tie-ins with St. Louis and Kansas City sports teams, or licensed pop-culture properties) and players are occasionally encouraged to enter specific losing tickets into "second chance" drawings for additional prizes.
Adding wild ball doubles the cost of each game and can be done with any play type that a player chooses.
If players see those words printed on their lotto tickets, all non jackpot prizes are doubled, and best of all, it’s offered free of charge.
Three days earlier, Missouri ended sales of the rival game Lucky for Life which remains available in 24 states and the District of Columbia.
Jackpots begin at $20 million, payable in 30 graduated yearly installments unless the cash option is chosen.
Missouri, on April 8, 2021, became the first Lucky for Life member to end sales, switching to Cash4Life three days later.