Lottery winner's brief victory is short lived
By Kate Northrop
ELSMERE, Ky. — A Kentucky Lottery winner's celebration didn't last very long when he was arrested days after scooping up a $250,000 lottery prize.
Joseph Hellard of Elsmere was arrested right after winning $250,000 on a scratch-off ticket, bringing his emotional rollercoaster to a full stop.
On Feb. 26, Hellard stopped at the Elsmere Mini Mart on Garvey Avenue to buy some lottery tickets. The first few tickets he bought did not amount to anything, but he noticed $10 still sitting in his coat pocket as he was about to leave.
He very well could have saved it for another rainy day and driven off, but his last-minute decision to head back into the store to buy one more $10 ticket landed him a "life-changing" prize.
"I figured no matter what, I would get my money back," Hellard told Lottery officials.
At first, he revealed a $50,000 prize on the "100X" ticket, but as he played the game, he noticed a "100X" symbol.
"My eyes are so bad, I had to look at it several times," he recalled.
Revealing a "100X" symbol in this instant game means that the prize revealed next to it is multiplied by 100. Having uncovered a $1,000 prize, he racked up $100,000 more. The fun didn't end there, though. He scratched off yet another "100X" symbol next to a $1,000 prize, bringing his total winnings to $250,000. He had just won the game's top prize.
"I fell to the ground on my knees," he told the Lottery. "I just couldn't believe what I was seeing. Everything we've been through, it's sure going to help."
The Kentucky resident spoke about plans to use the timely winnings to purchase a house and brand-new vehicle.
Unfortunately, his luck did not do much to help him days after the celebration. At about 1:00 am on Mar. 2, Hellard was pulled over on Dixie Highway in Erlanger with an expired registration.
Officers brought in a K-9 unit to search his car, during which they discovered a smoking pipe "containing a white crystal substance" between the driver's seat and center console. Police reports later confirmed that the substance was methamphetamine.
Hellard was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, and driving without registration plates. Jail records indicate he was booked at the Kenton County Detention Center and that he has since bonded out.
According to the Lottery, there are three top prizes remaining in the "100X" game, as well as 28 second-tier prizes of $5,000 and 521 third-tier prizes of $1,000 left to claim. The scratch-off game was released in January of this year.
For selling the winning ticket, Elsmere Mini Mart received a $2,500 bonus commission from the Lottery.
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When you're hot you're hot.
When you're not you're not.
Yikes, the check is dated , "my lucky day" hope he gets his act together.
Hope he learned a valuable lesson,.. but still not awuphf dat crackpipe?..duzzn't sound tooo promising..
At least He'z got money fa Lawyerz..
Wow, this story reminds me of the MANY cases we heard on the GJ in KY. Most of our cases with expired registration have no auto insurance as well. (We had 8 months of hearing cases BTW).
This remind me somewhat whereas; the blk lady named Marie, won extreme amount of cash, the hundreds of millions of bucks, only to learn in months, she(was clean no drugs)
but her child's dad, used drugs and hustle drugs guns etc., & he was in and out of prison NC she hired big time lawyers to get him the "least amount of time, he went right back, got out again more lawyers. SMH drug dealin' to using, a big mess, and now Poor Marie, admit she still has a little left, and just crazy, i don't know
but, nothing GOOD come out of a drug habit, so i hope 1 day she will realize it, before she lose it all, and this guy was lucky $$$ to win alot of cash. IDK.(I don't know) but, I got a bad feelin' he will blow most of it(after taxes way less) and he is going to blow alot or most on DRUGS, if the things they found on him, is true and factual. a drug problem, feasibly, so i pray he get his entire act together at 26 mid twenties,
and realize life is short
and DRUGS are not the answer, getting high and drinking alcohol (if he does all this) but, either way, i'm happy he won. . . Congrats!
I guess his money will be going to pay a good lawyer to keep him out of jail.
She was featured on one of those lottery shows. Would this be called co-dependency, IDK?
Also you forgot one other factor in her life. Her church wanted a big chunk of change. She should've told that 'Pastor' "WWJD?".
No doubt he's labeled as a PFO.
Doesn't her Mom live in WA state? Time for her to make a clean break from NC and head west young lady.
Congrats - I think? 😏
If the inside of your car is not perfect (contains something that does not belong there)
then the outside better look perfect, including the manner in which it's being driven .
Hopefully this is a turning point for him to turn his life around.
Money for?
Good meals? Booze? Drugs? Gambling? Fun? Clinic to kick off? ...
Good advice for the dope-set.
We all know how what he's going to spend his money on
This is why Hunter Biden does not do scratchers. Dont go back...when you are "massaging" the law
The risk is just ASTRONOMICAL!!!
Jeet , I bet you PRAISE Putin as your "wanna-be dictator," who Lost by 7 million votes, for denying Ukraine the $450 million military bill, which would've preventing thousands of Ukranian innocents from being murdered, as well as, prevent Putin from committing war crimes too ! you just can't fix STUPID !
Wow. Elsmere Mini-Mart. Used to frequent that place many times.
I actually think I remember this dude, Joseph Heller. it's a Shame.
From what I remember, he seemed like a nice guy.
Oh well... the more you know.
So... you don't believe a whit about Western Ukranian forces shelling their own citizens (who are Russian speaking Ukranians) in the Eastern Donbas Region, ever since 2014, during OBAMA. MSM kinda glosses over that.
And, probably haven't heard a word about WHY PUTIN MOVED IN TO UKRAINE...MSM doesn't tell you about the Bioweapons labs.
And maybe you believe the "IT'S ALL RUSSIA'S FAULT" for the GAS PRICES HERE being $4/Gal Average but trending UPWARD.... and $7/Gal in CA.
but not a Peep about why BIDEN closed the Keystone Pipeline, and halted drilling leases.
but that's right. Go ahead. Proclaim your superior intellect over my stupidity.... Far be it for me to say an-y-thing that DARES to question the
"official narrative." of JOE F'n HIDIN'
(Yes, I know his middle initial is not "F." But it's actually an improvement. Who the hell puts their kid's middle name as "Robinette," anyway? That's almost a double negative.... Robin is androgynous enough, but a DUDE, having the name "ROBINETTE?" WTF?!)
I'm pretty sure that the story "The Real one's been killed off and replaced with a clone or actor / 'Given the 'Stepford Wives Treatment'' " was Probably put out by Team Brandon, themsevles, and not the White Hats... know why? Well.... Take off the Blue Colored Glasses, and LOOK AT HIM!
Now look at the 2021 People Magazine Photoshoot video, of Brandon and "Dr. Jill" sitting together.... no audio.... and then look at their facial expressions, each one after the other... and you can guess exactly what was going on... if they ever added the audio, it would have just spoon fed it to you.
Only the real Joe Biden can screw up a reply to his wife's "Love Fart" ... with one of his own, and leave chunks in his Fruit of the Looms.
(YES.... spouses do "love farts" in the most inappropriate places.... it's what married folks do! if they say they "never do" they lie or they marry for money, or status, and not love.)
No, that's not even the half of it... .remember when he told folks about his Aneurysm surgery? "They saw off the top of your head..." he says... RIGHT THERE. HE SHOULDN'T BE PRESIDENT. OR A SENATOR, OR ANYWHERE NEAR POLITICS AT ALL. He should have RETIRED!
Now ask yourself, "Did 81 Million People in this country, lose their minds, or did they just drop dead before going to the polls and needed "assistance" casting their ballot??"
Honestly Because of "81 million people" jazz... I'm going out to the mailbox, every day, just to see if Ed McMahon sent me my $10 Million Dollar Check from Publisher's Clearing House, yet.... The guy's been dead for 15 years, along with Johnny Carson, and Doc Severinsen, and all.... but they all voted Biden in 2020.... so.. if they can vote, then Ed can get up off his dead beer-drinking a$$ and send me my friggin' check, already! Am I Right?!
To quote Obama: "Let me be Clear..." Joe Biden makes Dan Quayle look like HARRY S. TRUMAN. NUFF SAID!
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Look 'listentome' if you're going to troll politics (that has nothing to do with Lotto) in here.... please remember one thing: DON'T! I came here to get away from Politics/End-Of-The-World News/Talk for one brief shining moment, and I had to run into you. BLECCH!
No... Joe Biden is a Potato(e) head that makes Dan Quayle look like Teddy Roosevelt, and even Murphy Brown can tell you that, because SHE KNOWS what it's like to live with a Ventriloquist's dummy.
NOW...'Nuff Said
He would be wise to go to a detox center for addicts or his winnings will be quickly eroded with future illegal drug charges and drunk driving arrests. There are many sad stories of lottery winners losing it all because of drugs and alcohol.
At least he can probably afford bail. And dental work. On the off chance he might need any dental work, that is.
This is 2 pieces of good luck really. He is just going to kill himself with an addiction and all that money. This is a chance to realize he has a problem before it's too late.