Louisville bus driver able to retire after winning $100K lottery
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Louisville man who worked as a bus driver for Jefferson County Public Schools is able to retire after winning $100,000 in the Kentucky lottery.
James Keown bought the winning ticket from Circle K on Galene Drive for the Aug. 19 drawing. The next morning he checked the numbers — and that’s when he saw all but one number matched.
“I looked at it four times…that number’s got to change, but it didn’t,” Keown told lottery officials. “I thought I better see what I won. The first time, I saw I won $50,000 and then I thought, wait a minute I play the multiplier all the time, so I went back, and the multiplier was 2.”
Keown and his wife claimed the prize the Monday following the Powerball drawing when he walked away with a check for $71,500 after taxes.
The couple told lottery officials they have a weakness for disabled cats and plan to support their local kitten and cat rescue shelters.
They also plan to use the winnings toward a lake property.
Keown worked for JCPS for 11 years.
