‘I need this trip:’ Mayfield woman wins distillery tour, cash prize from Kentucky Lottery promotion

MAYFIELD, Ky. – A Mayfield woman is planning to use a recent Kentucky Lottery win to buy her three daughters an outdoor waterslide for their backyard.

The Kentucky Lottery says Bridgett Guthrie recently had her name drawn from over 100,000 entries for the lottery’s Kentucky Bourbon Trail online game second-chance promotion that won her a Kentucky distillery tour package for two worth $1,350 and a $10,000 cash prize for a grand prize value of $11,350.

I needed a break, and this is a good break,” Guthrie told lottery officials when she and her mother drove more than thre hours from Mayfield recently to claim her prize. “I’m so excited about this. I’m ready for some ‘me time.’ I’ve been on distillery tours before but I’m really looking forward to this one.”

Guthrie’s mom said on the drive to lottery headquarters, her daughter talked about spending her cash prize on her three daughters.

“The first thing she said wasn’t about wanting something for herself but what she is getting her kids,” Guthrie’s mom said. “She said she was getting the girls a waterslide for their backyard. She never said, ‘oh, I’m going out to get this and this.’ No, it was all about the kids.”

In early April, the Kentucky Lottery and Kentucky Distillers’ Association rolled out its Kentucky Bourbon Trail lottery games as part of a partnership.

The games include a $5 Scratch-off ticket, a $5 Fast Play ticket and an Instant Play online game. These games offered second chance promotions. The Kentucky Bourbon Trail Instant Play game’s top prize of $250,000 remains.

Guthrie, who worked at the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory that was destroyed in the 2021 tornadoes, said she, like others in her area, are trying to rebuild their lives after the massive devastation to western Kentucky.

“Having been a 70-hour working mom at the candle factory, I might look into using some of the money to start a small business,” she said. “So, we are going to scale it down. I’m going to use some of this prize money to watch for something where I can be more present for my kids and look for a small business type of situation.”