Kentucky woman wins over $200,000 in the middle of the night on online lottery game
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A northern Kentucky woman thought she was dreaming the last week, when she randomly woke up in the middle of the night and started playing an online lottery game, but turns out she was just that lucky.
In a news release, the Kentucky Lottery said the woman from Hebron won a $234,120 jackpot on the Cleopatra Clusters Jackpot Instant Play Game.
When she woke up, she decided to check her email and saw she had received some Bonus Bucks from the Kentucky Lottery.
“I started playing Cleopatra Clusters and I usually play for $0.50, maybe sometimes up to $2,” the woman said in a news release on Friday. “But for some reason, I don't know why, but I decided to try at $10. I saw that I had won, but I was expecting maybe $50. But then I saw the jackpot, and I couldn't believe it.”
Her husband was asleep next to her, so she said "baby, wake up!" She told lottery officials that when he realized what she was telling him, he couldn't believe it either. The woman said, “He didn’t believe me, so I showed him the screenshot. We were unable to go back to sleep after that.”
The woman said her husband is usually the risk-taker, not her.
After taxes, the couple received a check for $167,395.97. The couple said the winnings will help in so many ways.
“It’s always right on time,” the woman told Lottery officials. “Timing is everything.”
