Eastern Kentucky woman buys lottery ticket near the end of the roll. It was a big winner
An Eastern Kentucky woman’s decision to stop at a convenience store led to a $50,000 scratch-off win, part of which she’ll use to buy a new car for her children, the woman told lottery officials.
Theresa Sons, who lives in Jeffersonville, in Montgomery County, bought a Diamond Dazzler scratch-off ticket at Poppa’s Quick Stop on Levee Road recently. According to Sons, it was the second-to-last ticket on the store’s roll.
The game has players scratch off symbols for a shot at uncovering or multiplying a win, and it offers three top prizes of $2 million. (Top prize winners can receive $100,000 per year for 20 years or a lump sum cash payment of $1,742,000, minus taxes).
In Sons’ case, she won the second-place prize, beating the odds of 1 in 60,000, as stated by the game’s official rules. Her matching number was 23.
Scratching off the ticket from the bottom up, Sons said she knew she was on to something.
“I thought, ‘I won something, I just don’t know what,’” Sons said, according to a Monday lottery release.
The full prize amount sent her reeling.
“I ‘bout had a heart attack,” Sons said.
When she got home to deliver the news to her family, the shock was still written all over her face.
“This was her first time leaving the house after the snow, we all thought she wrecked her car,” her son said.
Apparently Sons has standing good luck, given she previously won $10,000 when the Kentucky Lottery first started selling tickets in 1989, the release said.
“I’ve been playing a long time,” Sons said.
After taxes, Sons received a check for $36,000. The Poppa’s Quick Stop will receive $500 for selling the winning ticket.
Other recent lottery winners in Eastern Kentucky include an anonymous man who won a record prize in state lottery history and a Laurel County woman who plans to pay off her home.
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