A Woodford County man and his wife got a Valentine’s Day surprise when he brought home a scratch-off ticket that won the couple $50,000, a Kentucky Lottery news release announced Friday.
Jimmy Tate stopped at the Kroger in Versailles for lunch Wednesday and bought some scratch-off tickets for his wife as a Valentine’s Day present. Tate opted to go with the $50,000 CA$H game that cost $30 per ticket .
According to the Kentucky Lottery’s website, the game offers 50 top prizes of $50,000. As of Thursday, there are 22 top prizes remaining. The odds of winning any prize on the game are 1 in 2.42, and winnings start at $30.
After scratching off the ticket to reveal a big prize, Tate decided to go home.
“I could tell the numbers were matching up and I was like this is a big winner, so I went home to finish scratching,” Tate told Kentucky Lottery officials, according to the release.
