LOUISVILLE, Ky. — While 2023 may not have been life changing for most, some Kentuckians who played the Kentucky Lottery could beg to differ.
According to lottery officials, 20 Kentuckians won $1 million or more playing the lottery this year. The largest winners were two people who won the top $3 million prize on the $30 scratch-off game, Mega Multiplier, a spokesperson said.
More than 100 other people were big winners in Kentucky and won prizes of $100,000 or more.
In total, the Kentucky Lottery paid out over $1.4 billion in prizes in 2023.
Here's a look back at some of this year's winners!
- A Louisville man was Kentucky's first million-dollar prize winner of 2023
- Laurel County woman won more than $222,000 on a 50-cent wager
- Grocery store trip for eggs ended with Meade County man winning $100,000
- A JCPS bus driver retired after winning $100,000
- This Kentucky couple won $1 million just days before their anniversary
- An Ohio man won big in Kentucky Lottery for the second time
- This lucky Louisville man also won the lottery twice!
- After 40 years of lottery losses, a Bardstown man won $500,000
- Booneville man won $3 million off a scratch-off ticket
- Ashland woman wins record-breaking $500,000 on a $1 wager using online lottery
- Corbin man wins $1 million after stopping for gas
- This Louisville woman thought she was being scammed when she saw an email saying she won $1M
- Northern Kentucky man was one number shy of winning $60M, but still won $1M
- Newport woman won $50,000 after her husband bought her the wrong lottery ticket
Since 1989, proceeds from the lottery tickets have raised almost $7 billion for good causes, Kentucky Lottery officials said, adding that since 1999, $4.8 billion has gone to grants and scholarship programs for Kentuckians' college costs.
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