ST. PETERS, Mo. -- When a Kansas man visited a friend in suburban St. Louis, little did he know he'd return home with a $1 million lottery ticket.

The Missouri Lottery said Thursday 32-year-old Gilberto Andrade of Garden City, Kansas, was visiting friends Oct. 30 when he and Christina Aguilar of O'Fallon, Missouri, decided to buy lottery tickets at a Schnucks store in St. Peters.

A "$1,000,000 Platinum Payout" scratchers ticket was the $1 million winner. Andrade returned to the St. Louis area Nov. 5, and he and Aguilar each claimed half of the prize.

Both received a $350,000 lump-sum payment before taxes.

The "$1,000,000 Platinum Payout" is a $10 game that began May 19. This was the second top-prize winner in the game.