Polkville man is relaxed after $400K lottery win

Johnnie Bostic, a 75-year-old housekeeper from Polkville, had a chance to spin a giant prize wheel Tuesday at the Bigger $pin Live Event, and he watched in excitement as the wheel landed on a $600,000 prize.

“It’s a game changer for me,” Bostic said.

“I didn’t even care what I hit. I was just happy to win anything.”

Bostic’s first stroke of luck came when he entered his $10 Bigger $pin scratch-off into a second-chance drawing and won the chance to spin the prize wheel at the live event.

“I just always felt like I would win one day,” Bostic said.

As Bostic stepped up to the big wheel to spin, colored lights flashed all around him and the crowd watching cheered him on in anticipation.

When the wheel finally stopped at $600,000, he beamed as he received his big check.

After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $426,060.

“I’m just happy to know my funds will be secured from now on,” he said.