GHENT, Ky. (LEX 18) — A northern Kentucky man won $3 million on March 1 after purchasing a $30 300X The Cash scratch-off lottery ticket.
According to lottery officials, a man who wishes to remain anonymous stopped at the GGS American Food & Deli in Ghent before work to get a snack and a lottery ticket.
The man told lottery officials that he had scratched off the ticket in the parking lot and had begun to reveal a bunch of zeros, which turned out to be the top prize.
Lottery officials say the man returned to the store and gave his ticket to a clerk to verify the win. The clerk got a message that the prize was too big for the store to pay.
The man received a check for $1,512,000 after taxes and plans to use the money to pay off his mortgage and car and set up a college fund for his son.
GGS American Food & Deli will get $21,000 for selling the winning ticket.
