NEWPORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — A northern Kentucky woman won $50,000 after her husband bought her a scratch-off lottery ticket.
According to lottery officials, Tanya Hammonds told her husband to pick her up a few scratch-off tickets from the store.
Hammonds told lottery officials that her husband bought a different ticket than she usually gets, but his mistake turned into a $50,000 win.
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She received a check for $35,750 after taxes.
Circle K on East Tenth Street in Newport will get $500 for selling the winning ticket.
