‘It’s definitely life changing:’ grocery run leads to Kentucky Lottery win

LEITCHFIELD, Ky. – A Leitchfield couple is celebrating a life changing Kentucky Lottery win.

According to lottery officials, the couple, who wishes to remain anonymous, won $40,000 on a scratch-off ticket.

While waiting for her husband to get off work, officials say his wife decided to go grocery shopping at Walmart on Elizabethtown Road in Leitchfield.

While there, officials say she bought a $3 Pumpkin Payout 9X Scratch-off ticket.

When she scratched the ticket in the parking lot of her husband’s work, officials say she was in disbelief after uncovering three matching symbols on all 16 games on the ticket to win the top prize.

“I really didn’t believe it until I showed him,” she said.

“She tried calling me, but she did sound very worked up, excited,” he said. He told officials he initially thought something was wrong.

“I got in the car, and she handed me this (ticket). I asked, ‘What is this, and then I looked at it,” he said. “You’re messing with me. I need you to tell me if you’re messing with me because that’s my boss walking right over there and I’m about to tell him I need tomorrow off to go to the Lottery office to cash this in.”

The couple claimed the ticket at Lottery headquarters recently, receiving a check for $28,800 after taxes. They said they plan to use their winnings to buy a second car and put it toward home improvements, officials say.

“This couldn’t have come at a better time since we’re down to one car,” he said. “It’s definitely life changing.”

Walmart will receive $400 for selling the winning ticket.