LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Lexington man who wishes to remain anonymous said he was “blown away” after he won $225,000 on the Kentucky Lottery’s Cash Ball 225 game.
The winner purchased three sets of numbers on the Cash Ball 225 ticket online for the March 23rd drawing using the Kentucky Lottery’s app.
The man told lottery officials the first thing he does before getting out of bed each morning is check email on his phone.
On Thursday morning, he opened an email from the Kentucky Lottery and discovered his ticket matched the four white ball numbers and the Cash Ball, winning him the game’s $225,000 top prize.
“I wear contacts and was squinting trying to see it. I had to take a screenshot and zoom in so I could read it,” he said. “I was blown away! I even got a little shaky.”
The winner drove to the lottery headquarters in Louisville the next day, where he received a check for $160,875 after taxes.
“It’s surreal. You think you might win but just not today, but for me, it was today,” he said.
He told officials he plans to pay off bills and has a daughter in college, so the extra money will come in handy.
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