A Cincinnati man’s heartbeat was in his ears after he learned he won $125,000 on a lottery scratch-off ticket he bought while filling up on gas in Kentucky.
Rohith Kandula bought some lottery tickets at a Fort Wright Shell station just outside of Covington recently. He was joined by four of his closest friends and fellow recent University of Cincinnati graduates.
According to a Thursday Kentucky Lottery news release, Kandula initially won $10 and then decided to play the $5 Kentucky Jackpot game . Players win prizes through the game by matching their numbers to any of the winning numbers printed on the ticket. In Kandula’s case, his ticket was covered in “5x” symbols, meaning the prize amount was multiplied five times.
The five friends scanned the ticket at the Fort Wright Shell station, then reeled at the result…