Kentucky Lottery Winner Checked Scratch-Off Ticket ‘50 Times’ to Ensure He Won

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An anonymous man in Kentucky told the Kentucky Lottery that he checked his winning ticket “50 times” in disbelief

He won $1.5 million playing the $20 Wild Cash 200X scratch-off game

“[My wife and I are] actually going to just live how we’ve been living, but with the ability to help others,” he said

A Kentucky husband became a bundle of nerves after winning the lottery.

The man and his wife, who chose to remain anonymous, won $1.5 million playing the Kentucky Lottery’s $20 Wild Cash 200X scratch-off game.

The couple, who have been married for more than 30 years, bought the winning ticket at a Git N Go on 855 E. Laurel Road in London, Ky.

Feeling disbelief, the husband told the Kentucky Lottery that he checked the ticket “50 times to make sure my eyes weren’t bad.”