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Latoyar Waddell of Hopkinsville was unable to drive herself home after she won $50,000 on a Kentucky Lottery Scratch-off ticket.
Waddell stopped at North Main Marathon in Hopkinsville last month and while waiting in line to pay, decided to buy a $50 Millionaire Club ticket. She told lottery officials she doesn’t usually spend $50 on lottery tickets but took a chance that day.
While in the store, she started to scratch the ticket off when she revealed two matching prizes in the bonus area indicating she won $10,000.
“I actually thought, never playing that game, that I had to match all of the spots in the bonus area to win.”
“I didn’t get excited or anything and I’m still scratching. I got down to the five hundred times $20 and that’s when I was like, I won something.”
After revealing a second 500X $20 she took the ticket up to the clerk to have it scanned when she discovered she had won the $50,000 prize.
“I about came out of my shoes,” she said. “I literally couldn’t believe it.”
She told lottery officials she continued to scan the ticket over and over again using the Kentucky Lottery’s app. “I had to keep doing it [scanning] because I was afraid maybe it’s not going to say that I won tomorrow.”
Due to the unexpected surprise of her win, Waddell had to call her sister to come pick her up from the store because she wasn’t able to drive.
“I almost passed out. I couldn’t breathe,” she said. “I was really numb. I couldn’t even go to work that night.”
The Christian County woman traveled to lottery headquarters on March 21 where she walked away with a check for $36,000 after taxes.
Waddell shared with lottery officials her plans to purchase a vehicle and how excited she is to spoil her first grandchild who is due later this year.
North Main Marathon will receive $500 for selling the winning ticket.
