Louisville woman finds out she won $1 million by checking email
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Louisville woman says she found out she won $1 million by checking her email while at work.
The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, purchased a Powerball ticket online through the Kentucky Lottery’s website for the May 31 drawing. The winning ticket matched the five white balls but not the Powerball to win the game’s $1 million second prize.
While at work, she was looking through her emails when she came across one from the Kentucky Lottery informing her that she had won $1 million.
“I literally was like, no way. I am just floored,” she told lottery officials.
She then stepped outside to call her husband.
“Are you sitting down?” she asked. “I think I just won a million dollars,” she told him.
She walked away with a check for $715,000 after taxes.
She told officials she plans to do some work around her house and travel.
