Kentucky woman wins $175,000 from scratch-off during company white elephant game

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Bleudog101 — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 14:43:57 GMT

That was news to me and had a good laugh!

Last week won a total of $64 through the whole lottery week. Three days ago won $1846 on a slot machine..both first wins of the year

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Stack47 — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 21:03:26 GMT

Saw where Cousin Eddie was spotted near your neighborhood.

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Bleudog101 — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:14:43 GMT

Good Morning America going to have a segment on this story today

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Bleudog101 — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:58:45 GMT

Bought three consecutive $20 tickets yesterday...all 'Sorry, not a winner'.

Today bought a slew of $5 scratch tickets for Christmas Eve dinner. If MM not won Friday, will get those too sans Megaplier and put them in the KY lottery gift envelope. Last year, believe it or not, KLC said to print your own envelopes---how tacky is that? They have them back again this year! Maybe the store will have those plastic scratch gizmos, if not will put a penny in the envelope as the guests never seem to h... [ More ]

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Ranett — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:41:58 GMT

Congrats Lori, well done.

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play4shekels — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 16:57:22 GMT

Amen.

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Stack47 — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 05:49:13 GMT

I've given and received scratch-offs for Christmas presents and best I ever won was a little over 20 bucks but I did give someone a $50 winner. After reading this article they'll probably call me a cheap skate .

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Onelast8 — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:24:02 GMT

I was shocked at the cost of the ticket and the Top Prize level so I went website to see the ticket Prize levels and for $50 you could win $1 MILLION dollars. Congratulations to her win and to the person who bought the ticket.

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Bleudog101 — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 21:16:53 GMT

Thanks for running this story. Ticket bought in Fisherville, a very small town next to where I reside.

Lori a very nice Christmas to you and your family thanks to that winning ticket

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Tony Numbers — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 20:34:36 GMT

White elephants, they like to shop at Walmart

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TheMeatman2005 — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 19:33:11 GMT

Congrats Lori!

I hope the lottery didn't make the same mistake on her real check as they did on the ceremonial check.

The check should have been written for One Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand 00/100 Dollars . The lottery wrote it out for One Hundred Seventy-Five 00/100 Dollars.

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sully16 — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 18:41:29 GMT

Congrats Lori, enjoy and Merry Christmas.

Kentucky woman wins $175,000 from scratch-off during company white elephant game

Lottery Post — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 18:29:10 GMT

Winner has legendary experience in prize-swapping holiday game

By Kate Northrop

Anyone who has played the game of white elephant knows that there's no way to predict the outcome, but someone ending up with a scratch-off ticket worth $175,000 was not something anyone would ever expect to happen.

Lori Janes, of Louisville, was participating in a white elephant gift exchange at a company holiday party and arguably won the best prize out of everyone there.

On Tuesday, her company, Ha... [ More ]