A routine Scratch-off purchase turned into surprising moment for a Cynthiana, Ky. man after he purchased a Kentucky Lottery Millionaire Club Scratch-off ticket, winning $50,000. Joshua Hubbard, who bought the winning ticket at a local convenience store, was shocked when he discovered his big win.
Hubbard told Kentucky Lottery officials he plays lottery several times a week, mostly Scratch-offs and online games.
Hubbard made his usual stop at Moonlight Food Mart in Cynthiana recently to purchase his Scratch-off tickets.
"I normally buy the $5,000,000 Fortune ticket and I had won $500 on a couple of different tickets,” Hubbard said. “I was fixing to walk out, and I was like, I’m going to use a couple of my wins from other tickets and buy a $50 Millionaire Club ticket.”
The excitement began when Hubbard scratched the ticket off in the store.
"I scratched the first bonus and hit $1,000, then the second, third, and fourth bonuses all hit too,” he said. "When I scratched the winning numbers, they were all big amounts. I thought, this is going to be big."
Hubbard eventually revealed wins on all 39 play areas on the ticket, winning the game’s $50,000 second-tier prize.
“I was shaking, at first,” he said. “I went up and scanned the ticket and blocked the screen with my body so no one could see and saw where it was an actual winner.”
“I got out of there!”
Hubbard went home and woke his wife up to tell her the exciting news.
“I was still asleep, and he walked in and said, “You’re never going to believe what I won,” and he showed me the ticket. I started counting the prizes and said, just tell me. He said, “$50,000” and I was like, Nuh uh,” his wife recounted.
“He’s always lucky,” she added.
Hubbard received $36,000 after taxes. He told officials he plans to pay off debt and put the rest into savings. “I’ll use it wisely," he said.
Moonlight Food Mart will receive $500 for selling the winning ticket.
