GRAYSON – William and Rhonda Seagraves of Grayson, KY thought they were dreaming after buying a Kentucky Lottery Scratch-off ticket. The couple purchased a Triple Red 777’s ticket from a vending machine at the Super Quik Food Store on North Carol Malone Boulevard, walking out of the store with a $100,000 winner.
“I pointed to that one (the Triple Red 777’s ticket) and told him, ‘that ticket is talking to me,’ but William picked a different one,” Rhonda said.
After not having any luck with the tickets he picked out, William finally listened to her and went for the Triple Red 777’s ticket. “I went twice to push it (vending machine) but just couldn’t bring myself to pick that one,” William said. “I think he did it out of spite,” Rhonda said jokingly.
“I hardly ever buy a ten dollar ticket but that one was calling for me,” Rhonda said.
Once William was finished scratching off the ticket, he had revealed three of the triple 7’s symbols, indicating the prize below is tripled. Under each symbol was a $10,000 prize, totaling $90,000. On the last row, he also matched the number 11 where there was a $10,000 prize.
“I just won $100,000,” he told his wife. “It was exciting.”
The couple waited a week before coming to lottery headquarters last Thursday. “I kept waiting for him to wake me. It still doesn’t seem real,” Rhonda told lottery officials.
After taxes, the couple received a check for $71,000. They said they have been renting their home and now hope to buy a piece of land.
Super Quik Food Store will receive $1,000 bonus for selling the ticket.
