FRANKFORT, Ky. — A woman from Frankfort, KY is in disbelief after she won tens of thousands of dollars on her first-ever scratch-off ticket.
Rebecca Napier arrived at the Kentucky Lottery Headquarters in Louisville with tears of joy as she claimed her prize after she won $75,000 on the Cash Eruption Scratch-off ticket.
Earlier this month, Napier said she was getting a package ready to send to her daughter, who is a teacher in Florida. “My mom recently passed away, so she went to Florida to help take care of my dad.”
Napier decided to get a soft drink before mailing the package; that’s when she thought a scratch-off ticket might be a nice gift to add to the package. “I never even drink Coke! But I was just craving it. That’s when I saw the ticket, and it just stood out.”
Napier said she was on the phone with her daughter and decided to scratch it then. “I told her we could split the winnings.” While she thought that was a joke, as she scratched, the game’s $75,000 top prize was revealed.
In disbelief, Napier went back into the Marathon Food Mart on East Main Street in Frankfort and had the owner scan the ticket to confirm her win. Her daughter, still on the phone, thought it was fake. “She kept saying ‘Stop, mom, that’s mean,’” Napier said. “I told her, ‘You’re going to pay your car off.’”
“I’ve never played, but something about that ticket just stood out,” Napier told lottery officials.
She said her win also comes as a great surprise to the store owners. “They’re the nicest people.”
Marathon Food Mart will receive a $750 check for selling the winning ticket.
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