More than $70M in lottery prizes awarded in August By Brittany Myers | September 14, 2017 at 12:14 AM CDT - Updated August 16 at 3:59 AM MISSOURI (KFVS) - During the month of August, Missouri Lottery players took home $70 million dollars in prizes. Among the $70 million awarded, more than $6.6 million were prizes of $1,000 or more. Download the KFVS News app: iPhone | Android Copyright 2017 KFVS. All rights reserved.