An Independence man is celebrating after he won $75,000 on a Kentucky Lottery scratch-off ticket.
James Bray stopped at the Richardson Road Marathon in Independence on May 2, where he purchased five “$5 Cash Eruption” scratch-off tickets.
Later that night, he scratched the tickets off at home. As Bray scratched the second ticket off, he revealed three bell symbols, winning the game’s $75,000 top prize.
“I looked at it and saw three bells…finally, at least I won something,” Bray said. “I scratched it off, and it said $75,000. I was like, ‘Wait a minute.’ Holy crap, now I’ve got to think about how I’m going to do this.”
The Independence man claimed his winning ticket the following day and took home $54,000 after taxes.
“It will be nice to see the money in my savings account,” he said. “Now that I have it, I’m still going to act like I don’t have it.”
Richardson Road Marathon will receive $750 for selling the winning ticket.