KY woman’s online lottery play later wins her a large second-chance cash prize
A Mayfield woman’s first instinct when she won a cash prize of $10,000 from Kentucky Lottery was not to spend it on herself, but her three daughters.
Bridgett Guthrie won a Kentucky distillery tour package worth $1,350, as well as the cash, after her name was drawn for the Kentucky Bourbon Trail’s online game second-chance promotion, a June 10 press release said.
“The first thing she said wasn’t about wanting something for herself but what she is getting her kids,” Guthrie’s mom, who wasn’t identified by name in the release, told Kentucky Lottery officials. “She said she was getting the girls a waterslide for their backyard. She never said, ‘oh, I’m going out to get this and this.’ No, it was all about the kids.”
Alongside the cash, Guthrie said she’s looking forward to some time for herself during the distillery tour.
“I needed a break, and this is a good break,” Guthrie said. “I’m so excited about this. I’m ready for some ‘me time.’ I’ve been on distillery tours before but I’m really looking forward to this one.”
There are different ways to play Kentucky Bourbon Trail lottery games — scratch-off, fast play or instant play. The online option has a jackpot of $250,000. Players win by combining three or more matching symbols. Players can also enter their their scratch-off and fast-play tickets, winning or not, into a drawing to win the tour package and cash prize. Guthrie’s was one of more than 100,000 entered.
While this is the biggest prize she’s won through Kentucky Lottery’s Bourbon Trail, this isn’t the Mayfield woman’s first.
“I have hit a couple of $250 wins, and every Friday as a Fun Club Member I check if I have any bonus bucks. So, when the Bourbon Trail game came out, I was like, well, I’m going to play this one and I just enjoy the game. It’s a good game,” she said.
Guthrie used to work at Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory, which, was destroyed by a tornado in 2021. The Kentucky Lottery press release says Guthrie is still working to rebuild.
“Having been a 70-hour working mom at the candle factory, I might look into using some of the money to start a small business,” she said. “So, we are going to scale it down. I’m going to use some of this prize money to watch for something where I can be more present for my kids and look for a small business type of situation.”
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This story was originally published June 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM.
