James Polk and his fiancee Maddie bought a $10 Fast Play Extreme Green ticket at the Lucky Mart in Mayfield on March 3 and soon realized they had hit the jackpot.
Kentucky Lottery
A couple won so much money playing the Kentucky lottery that they couldn’t cash in their winnings at two separate gas stations, according to a news release.
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James Polk and his fiance, Maddy, bought a $10 Fast Play Extreme Green ticket at Lucky Mart in Mayfield on March 3 and soon realized they’d won the jackpot prize.
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“I kept calling off numbers and sure enough everything matched,” Maddy told lottery officials.
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All 10 numbers on the ticket they’d bought matched the jackpot. They took turns looking at the ticket “and were pretty confident they had won,” the release said.
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When they tried to cash in their winnings at a gas station, they were told it was too much for the store to pay out.
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At a second gas station, the store clerk told Polk they needed to go to the lottery headquarters in Louisville, the release said.
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“I figured it has to be the big one,” Polk told officials.
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They drove there Monday, March 6, and Polk received his check for $353,396.61, the portion of their $494,261 winnings after taxes.
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Lucky Mart also gets $4,942.61 for selling the ticket, the release said.
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Maddy has two kids and said she plans to buy them some things they’ve been wanting, while Polk plans to buy a truck.
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“This is by far the most exciting thing to ever happen,” Maddy told officials.
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