A Clarksville, Tennessee woman turned a casual Saturday morning into a $30,000 windfall after winning big on a Kentucky Lottery Scratch-off ticket while cheering at her granddaughter’s soccer game in Oak Grove.
The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said she had recently returned from vacation and decided to buy a couple of Scratch-off tickets from a vending machine at the Oak Grove Walmart to pass the time before the game. She didn’t expect to win much but decided to try her luck.
While watching the match, she began scratching her $2 Trick or Treat ticket and was stunned to keep revealing $3,000 prizes. After checking the ticket with a friend, she realized she had won ten $3,000 prizes for a total of $30,000.
She received $21,600 after taxes and said the reality of her win hadn’t fully set in yet.
Now living near Fort Campbell to help care for her granddaughter while her son is deployed, she said she plans to use the winnings for travel and to make a donation to her church as a way to give back.
The win marks the first $30,000 top-prize ticket claimed from the Kentucky Lottery’s $2 Trick or Treat Scratch-off game, which launched in September. Three top prizes and 23 second-tier prizes remain.
Walmart in Oak Grove will receive a $300 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
In 2025, the Kentucky Lottery awarded more than $1.6 billion in prizes, with proceeds funding scholarships and grants for over 1 million Kentucky college students.