LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Tennessee man won one million dollars on from the Kentucky Lottery after his father picked up a scratch-off ticket earlier this month.
Jody, who asked not to share his last name, told lottery officials his dad purchased a Casino Nights scratch-off from the Adairville Market in Adairville on June 8.
When his father picked up the ticket, he said he planned on scratching it at the store.
"I said [to the clerk], 'If I hit this million dollars, I ain't ever eating bologna again," Jody's father said.
Lottery officials said his father revealed the winning prize within the first few rows. He had matched three key symbols next to the top prize amount.
Jody's father called his son after realizing he had won to share the news with him.
"He went, 'You'll never believe what I just did,'" Jody said. "And, I said, 'What?' He said, 'We just won a $1,000,000!' I was sitting there thinking, yeah right, I don't believe you!"
After learning how much money they had won, lottery officials said Jody spent the weekend as usual, on his lawnmower mowing his yard in Springfield, Tennessee.
"You go home and become debt free," he said. "Houses are paid off. Cars paid off, done. We will be bill free probably next week."
Jody's dad came to the lottery's headquarters in Louisville on June 10 to claim their winnings. They chose to take the game's $700,000 lump sum cash option, going home with a check for $504,000 after taxes.
The Adairville Market will receive $7,000 for selling the winning ticket.
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