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 </figure>Kansas LotteryKathleen Zelenka of Wilson enjoys playing the Kansas 
Lottery and has been chasing a big prize. Her determination paid off 
recently with a $77,777 win on the Emerald 7’s instant scratch game.“I like to play scratch tickets, and I especially liked the Emerald 
7’s game,” said Zelenka. “The bonus spots on top of the ticket gave you 
extra chances to win. I like those kinds of games!”&nbsp;Zelenka was waiting on a lunch order, so she decided to play some lottery to pass the time.&nbsp;“I bought a $20 ticket and two $10 tickets, and took them back to my 
car. I only played the $20 game, though, and then my lunch order was 
ready. So I grabbed my lunch and took everything home,” she said. “When I
 finally scratched off the winning ticket, I just kind of stared at it 
for a moment. Finally I called my husband and told him to hurry up and 
get home!”&nbsp;“We took the ticket back to a store to check it to make sure we 
weren’t crazy,” Zelenka said with a laugh. “When the machine said we had
 to take the ticket to Topeka to claim it, that’s when we definitely 
knew.”&nbsp;Zelenka says she already has plans for her winnings. “We’re going to 
pay off some credit cards, pay off a vehicle, and we’ll put some away 
for our grandchildren,” she said. “The rest will go into savings for us.
 It’s going to help us out in a big way!”The winning ticket was sold at Casey’s General Store 1905 on 1315 10th
 Street in Great Bend. There are no top prizes left in the $10 Emerald 
7’s instant scratch game. That game will be ended, and players will have
 six months to claim any remaining prizes within the game.&nbsp;Players are invited to submit all their winning and non-winning tickets in the Kansas Lottery <a href="https://www.kslottery.com/PlayOn/index.html">PlayOn® Players Loyalty</a>
 program to earn points for drawing entries and a chance to win cash and
 other prizes!&nbsp; PlayOn® is a registered trademark of Pollard Banknote 
Limited used under license.

Wilson resident takes home $77K from Kansas Lottery