Bowling Green man wins portion of Powerball jackpot

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – While the estimated $640 million Powerball jackpot from back on Jan. 16th wasn’t won, a Bowling Green man, who wishes to remain anonymous, did win $150,000 from the drawing, according to a release from the Kentucky Lottery.

He purchased a $15 ticket online using the Kentucky Lottery App the day before the drawing.

“I really like playing on the app,” he said in the release.  He went on to talk about the ease of playing the lottery on his phone.

On the morning after the drawing, he was checking emails when he saw where he had received one from the Kentucky Lottery.  He then noticed a second email back-to-back from the lottery and thought that was odd.

Upon opening the first email, he quickly discovered he had won a $150,000 Powerball prize.  The second email informed him of how to process his winning claim.

“I was in disbelief at first.  I checked my account just to be sure, then I was pretty excited,” he told lottery officials.

The winning ticket matched the first four white ball numbers and the Powerball to win the game’s third prize.  This prize usually pays $50,000; however, he chose to spend an additional $1 for the Power Play feature for each set of numbers on his ticket, multiplying the prize to $150,000.  The Power Play number drawn was 3.

The Warren County man made a trip to lottery headquarters in Louisville last week to claim his prize, receiving a check for $106,500, after taxes.

“It sank in, when I got the check,” he said.  He told officials he didn’t have any immediate plans for the winnings.