LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky woman just got $2 million richer.
Jacalyn Armstrong, of Oak Grove, won the Kentucky Lottery Powerball prize from the Oct. 4 drawing.
Jacalyn had just left an OBGYN appointment before discovering she won the money. Once she found out, she called her husband Jonathan to tell him the good news.
“I told him I had some news and at first, he didn’t believe me,” Jacalyn said. "You could tell I was in tears, and he thought I was going to tell him I was pregnant. My mom thought the same thing when I called her. I was like, 'What is wrong with you all?'”
According to a news release, the couple have three children with their youngest being just 6 months old.
Jacalyn told lottery officials she doesn’t play the lottery often.
“When [the jackpot] gets big, my co-workers talk about it,” she said. “One of them even said, “You should buy a ticket.'”
Officials said it had been a while since Jacalyn had played online, so she had to get her password reset before she was able to purchase her tickets.
“I hadn’t even told [my husband] that I bought tickets, so he was even more surprised,” she said.
Jacalyn purchased a total of six Powerball tickets. The winning ticket matched the five white ball numbers winning the game’s $1 million second prize. Since adding Power Play to her tickets, her prize doubled from $1 million to $2 million.
After taxes, lottery officials said she received a check for over $1.4 million.
Jacalyn and Jonathan said they plan to give some money to their church, purchase a larger home and buy a new car.
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