A Versailles man pulled into a Circle K and got the thrill of his life after he decided to buy a ticket for a Kentucky Lottery draw game, winning more than half a million dollars.
“Everybody probably overheard me scream,” winner Jeffrey Yeager said, according to a Thursday Kentucky Lottery news release. “A woman came up to me and said, ‘Honey, are you OK?’ And, I said, ‘Yes, ma’am. I’m great!’”
In the Kentucky 5 draw game , players choose five balls between the numbers 1 and 39 or let the computer randomly select numbers. The game has a rolling jackpot, and at the time of the Jan. 20 drawing Mr. Yeager won, it had reached $530,000. The Versailles resident matched all five numbers to win the jackpot.
Each play costs $1, and players can multiple their winnings, excluding the jackpot, by paying an extra $1 through the Xtra Play feature. There are daily drawings, and players can check their numbers online.
According to odds for the game listed on Kentucky Lottery’s website, the odds of securing the jackpot are 1 in 575,757. The odds for winning any in the base game are about 1 in 99.