Kentucky man found out after months that he has won $1 million winning Powerball ticket

Kentucky man found out after months that he has won $1 million winning Powerball ticket, the winner of the lottery ticket will soon be $1 million times richer. 

The winning lottery ticket was sold at a Crossroads IGA neighborhood market in Lexington. It matched the first five white ball numbers to win the game’s second prize on Aug. 31.

The winner decided not to reveal his identity and remain anonymous, he said that he has been picking up the same numbers everytime which is the combination of the birthdays of family members . 

“I had gone through about 40 tickets to see if I had any winners and fortunately I saw the same numbers I’ve been playing come up. I kept looking at the ticket, making sure it was correct,” he told lottery officials. “I leaned back on my couch and started yelling for my family to come to check it out.”

He decided to get his winnings as a one time lump sum and took home $710,000 after taxes.