LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Lexington man won $50,000 from a Kentucky Lottery Powerball ticket just days before Christmas.
According to lottery officials, Jeffery Goree is a UPS driver who travels to West Virginia five days a week and makes several stops in Kentucky to buy Powerball tickets.
Goree told lottery officials he bought the winning ticket for the Dec. 14 drawing at Clark's Pump-N-Shop on Versailles Road in Lexington.
Days later, lottery officials say that Goree checked his ticket to find that he had matched four white balls and the Powerball to win $50,000.
Goree told lottery officials that he could only cry after discovering his win.
According to lottery officials, Goree walked away with $36,000 after taxes.
He says he plans to pay off his RV and put the rest of the winnings in the bank.
Clark's Pump-N-Shop will get $500 for selling the winning ticket.
