Kentucky couple stops for coffee on road trip home and walks away with big lottery win

Meredith Howard
·2 min read

A Louisville couple won big when they picked up a $10 scratch-off lottery ticket while making a pit stop for coffee Monday morning.

Joselyn Bonilla and her husband stopped at Cave Run Lakemart in Morehead on their way home from visiting family in North Carolina, a Nov. 9 Kentucky Lottery release said.

The couple looks online to see remaining prizes before deciding on a ticket when they purchase, said Bonilla’s husband, who was not named in the release.

Joselyn Bonilla and her husband, of Louisville, pose with their big check after a $225,000 win on a Kentucky Lottery scratch-off ticket Monday.
Joselyn Bonilla and her husband, of Louisville, pose with their big check after a $225,000 win on a Kentucky Lottery scratch-off ticket Monday.

They purchased a Cash Double Doubler ticket and Bonilla saw $6,000 wins in each prize spot on the ticket when she scratched it off in the car. The back of the ticket displayed an additional $45,000 in winnings, bringing the total to more than $200,000.

“I couldn’t believe it,” Bonilla said. “We checked it using the app, and there it [the $225,000 prize] was!”

The odds of winning any prize on the game are 1 in 3.48, and most prizes range from $10 to $20.

The couple won $160,875 post-taxes. They are expecting a baby, the Kentucky Lottery reported, and said the winnings will allow Bonilla to stay home.

Joselyn Bonilla and her husband won more than $160,000 after taxes.
Joselyn Bonilla and her husband won more than $160,000 after taxes.

As of Thursday afternoon, the Kentucky Mega Millions jackpot was at $223 million, the Fast Play jackpot was at $538,078 and the Kentucky Powerball jackpot was at $220 million.

Fayette County residents spent $82,614,020.50 on Kentucky lottery tickets last year, the commonwealth lottery organization reports.



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