Scottsville man wins $500,000 on Kentucky scratch-off ticket

SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – A Scottsville, Kentucky man is celebrating a $500,000 win after buying a Kentucky Lottery Scratch-off ticket.

The man, who wants to remain anonymous, purchased a $20 When It’s Gold Outside ticket on Dec. 26 at the Shell gas station on Scottsville Road in Glasgow.

Lottery officials say the man picked this particular ticket because of it being the number 18 since it is the same date as his grandson’s birthday.

“I looked at it three or four times and I thought, ‘this can’t be right,” he said. He had uncovered a win on all 20 spots on the ticket, winning the game’s $500,000 top prize.

Lottery officials say he then drove to another store further down the road and scanned the ticket checker to double check that he had won. His next step was to call his wife and tell her the news.

“He was joking around with me and asked, ‘If we won the lottery, what would we do?’ I said, ‘No you did not. Just come home,’” she said.

He said his wife thought he was joking with her.

He received his check a couple days later for $357,500 after taxes.

“I’ve been a nervous wreck ever since he told me,” his wife told lottery officials.

The couple said they plan to pay off bills and possibly go on a family trip to Disney.

Scottsville Shell will receive $5,000 for selling the winning ticket.