Kentucky woman questions reality after scratching off lottery ticket to find big prize
An anonymous Hopkinsville woman who decided to play the Kentucky Lottery on a whim ended up winning a $50,000 prize recently.
She now plans to take a vacation and spread the wealth to others in her community, a Kentucky Lottery news release announced Friday.
The woman and her husband were on their way home when they decided to stop at the 101 Fuel Stop and Lotto in Hopkinsville, according to the release. The woman walked up to the register and requested two different types of tickets for $5 each.
On one ticket, the woman learned she won $60, and figured she’d try her luck once more. Again, she requested two $5 tickets of different kinds.
Rather than scratching off the tickets then and there, the woman and her husband went home. Upon uncovering the $50,000 Clover Cash scratch-off ticket, the woman discovered her family’s life would be changing in a big way. She and her husband couldn’t believe it at first.
“‘Babe, is this real?” her husband asked, according to the news release.
In disbelief, the woman started to wonder if it truly was a winner.
“I thought, ‘man that would be nice’. I have a lot I want to do around the house,” she told Kentucky Lottery officials.
According to the game’s rules, the overall odds for winning a prize on the game are 1 in 3.61. There are tens of thousands of prizes worth $50 or less, but there’s only one remaining $50,000, the game’s top prize.
After collecting her winnings at Kentucky Lottery headquarters in downtown Louisville, a requirement for big prizes, the woman got $36,000 after taxes were withheld.
The couple’s good fortune may also lead to some pleasant surprises for others in Christian County.
“I think we’ll take a vacation, and be a blessing to a few friends that deserve it,” the woman said of her family’s plans for the money.
The Hopkinsville woman isn’t the only recent Kentucky Lottery scratch-off ticket big winner. In July, a Winchester man also won $50,000 playing Millionaire Club.
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