Nine Kentucky lottery wins with life-changing stories

The articles all share stories about people in Kentucky who won the lottery. Winners choose how to use their money, sometimes buying homes, cars or sharing with others.

A group of Kentucky distillery workers pooled their money and won $50,000 from Powerball, splitting the money 17 ways. An Eastern Kentucky woman stopped at a store and bought a scratch-off ticket near the end of the roll, winning $50,000, which she will use to buy a new car for her children. Another woman won a $123,000 jackpot and plans to pay off her home with the prize. A birthday ticket brought a South-Central Kentucky woman $5 million, the largest scratch-off win in the state's history, and she plans to buy a new home.

A group of Barton 1792 Distillery workers pooled their money and landed a big Powerball win.

NO. 1: KENTUCKY DISTILLERY WORKERS WHO PLAY POWERBALL FOR FUN SPLITTING BIG WIN 17 WAYS

One of the pool players has been with the distillery for 45 years. | Published April 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Aaron Mudd

NO. 2: AN EASTERN KENTUCKY WOMAN PLANS TO PAY OFF HER HOME FOLLOWING 6-FIGURE LOTTERY WIN

The lucky Laurel County woman won on a $1 ticket. | Published January 10, 2025 | Read Full Story by Aaron Mudd

Theresa Sons, of Jeffersonville, Ky., poses with her big check recently at Kentucky Lottery headquarters in Louisville after winning $50,000 on a scratch-off ticket game.

NO. 3: EASTERN KENTUCKY WOMAN BUYS LOTTERY TICKET NEAR THE END OF THE ROLL. IT WAS A BIG WINNER

The winning ticket was the second to last on the roll at the convenience store. | Published January 28, 2025 | Read Full Story by Aaron Mudd

A longtime lottery player’s luck finally changed in the Maryland Powerball, winning them a big prize.

NO. 4: POWERBALL TICKET WORTH $50K SOLD IN KENTUCKY THIS WEEK. ITS OWNER HASN’T COME FORWARD

There was no jackpot winner Monday night, but this ticket is still worth a chunk of change. | Published March 19, 2025 | Read Full Story by Aaron Mudd

Jugador compra un boleto de $50 de la Lotería y se lleva jugoso premio.

NO. 5: KY WOMAN’S BIRTHDAY LOTTERY TICKET WINS HER THE LARGEST SCRATCH-OFF PRIZE ON RECORD

“This birthday is going to be hard to beat,” she told lottery officials. | Published May 13, 2025 | Read Full Story by Meredith Howard

El único boleto con premio mayor de la Lotería de Florida del domingo se compró en el sur de la Florida.

NO. 6: KY MAN SWITCHES UP LOTTERY GAMES. HIS $20 WAGER MADE HIM A MILLIONAIRE

A winning scratch-off ticket from the Kentucky Lottery’s Feelin’ Like A Million Bucks game turned a Shelby County man into an instant millionaire with a $20 wager. | Published August 19, 2025 | Read Full Story by Aaron Mudd

A pile of U.S. dollar bills of varying denominations. By Getty Images/iStockphoto

NO. 7: KY MAN THOUGHT WON HE $96 ON A LOTTERY TICKET. IT WAS 1,000 TIMES THAT AMOUNT

A Richmond man who initially thought he’d won $96 on a Kentucky Fast Play ticket ended up winning more than 1,000 times that amount, the lottery announced Aug. | Published August 23, 2025 | Read Full Story by Aaron Mudd

Michael Perry poses for a photo with his wife Felicia. The Owen County couple have big plans for their Kentucky Lottery winnings.

NO. 8: KENTUCKY MAN PLANS TO PAY OFF HOME AFTER A BIG WIN ON A $10 LOTTERY TICKET

A $10 scratch-off ticket brought tears to Felicia Perry’s eyes when her husband, Michael, revealed the Owen County couple had won $250,000. | Published September 3, 2025 | Read Full Story by Aaron Mudd

NO. 9: KENTUCKY MAN SWITCHES OUT $10 LOTTERY TICKET ROUTINE FOR $20 GAME. HE WON BIG

After winning more than $1 million playing a Kentucky Lottery scratch-off game, a London couple plans to pay off their home and car, possibly retire and give back to their community. | Published September 23, 2025 | Read Full Story by Aaron Mudd

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