A Louisville couple won $50,000 on Powerball® during the game’s recent $1.7 billion jackpot run.
The couple, who asked to remain anonymous, recently matched all four white ball winning numbers and the Powerball® on a ticket they purchased at Kroger, 2440 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Ky. 40205.
They bought their ticket on Sunday, Aug. 31 after having brunch with some friends. On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 2, the day after the Labor Day Powerball® drawing, the wife checked their ticket.
“I looked at it and saw that I had won $100,” the wife said. “It was wonderful. A hundred dollars. I was happy with that.”
Later that night, she looked at the ticket again ahead of cashing it.
“I guess I was just crazy when I first looked at it because I realized I forgot to look at the Powerball® number,” she joked.
Home alone and realizing she had just won $50,000, she didn’t have anyone to tell the good news to. “He was at an event where he was unreachable, so I didn’t know what to do,” she said.
When her husband got home, he was ready to tell his wife about the wonderful time he had at his event.
“So I wanted to talk to her about my event, but she said she had something else she had to talk to me about,” he joked. “She handed me the ticket and asked me to double check it. She wasn’t telling me anything; she doesn’t say a word. I ask her if something was wrong and she goes (he gives the two thumbs up jester that his wife gave to him),” he said.
After they both double checked their numbers on the Kentucky Lottery website, the win finally sunk in for the husband.
“It was $50,000. I was like great. I love it. I love my job and what I am doing so it’s not quit-work money but it’s redo-the-house money,” he said.
The couple planned to come to the Kentucky Lottery Headquarters earlier this week but when they went to print the claim form, their printer wasn’t working.
They arrived at the Lottery on Thursday, Sept. 4 with the printed claim form and walked away with $36,000 after taxes.
The Bardstown Road Kroger will receive $500 for selling the winning ticket.
The wife said she plans to buy another Powerball® ticket ahead of Saturday night’s $1.7 billion jackpot drawing. The husband said he doesn’t play because of the odds.
“She plays, but I look at the statistics and there is no chance. I lost every argument I ever had about that with her win, so I am just gonna shut up now,” he joked.
