A group of 30 current and former Kentucky high school employees who won the $1 million Powerball jackpot hid the winning tickets in a math textbook.
The educators call themselves the “Jones 30” after Rector A. Jones High School in Florence, where they all met.
Their organizer, a retired math teacher, realized the day after the Jan. 27 Powerball drawing that the group matched five white balls but not the Powerball number to win the game’s second prize of $1 million, a press release stated.
After realizing the ticket purchased at the Hebron Kroger grocery store was a winner, the ticket was “safely stored in a math textbook.”
“Nobody looked in the math book,” he joked.
“I knew it would be safe there… page 200. I’ve checked this a thousand times.”
The group gathered together to collect their win after work on Tuesday, and entered the lobby to cheers.
Each person received a check for $24,000 after taxes.
They have pooled their money together to play the lottery for over eight years, but have stuck to a “permanent set of Powerball numbers” that they uniquely chose in 2019 to play each week.
A group of 30 current and former Kentucky high school employees who won the $1 million Powerball jackpot hid the winning tickets in a math textbook. Kentucky Lottery
“Our math teacher and assistant principal pulled them out of a hat,” explained one winner.
“At first, we didn’t have the right number of numbers to choose from, so we drew again. Thankfully we succeeded.”
Kentucky Lottery President and CEO Mary Harville met the group and took pictures with them as they collected their winnings.
“Kentucky Lottery games create excitement for our players,” Harville said.
After realizing the ticket purchased at the Hebron Kroger grocery store was a winner, the ticket was “safely stored in a math textbook.” Kentucky Lottery
“And these winning educators had the time of their lives. It’s wonderful to watch another chapter in their friendship unfold, thanks to the Kentucky Lottery.”
Some group members said they planned to invest their winnings, while others planned to travel or make home improvements.
“Many of us have gone on trips together, we’ve had babies and grandchildren over the years,” said one winner.
“We always have fun. It’s exciting to win as a group and share this experience.”
The group plans to continue playing the lottery together as a way to keep in touch.
Fiscal year 2023 marks “the 12th consecutive year the sales record for the Kentucky Lottery has been broken,” surpassing $1.8 billion in sales, according to the Kentucky Lottery site.
Since the lottery’s inception in 1989, more than $6.8 billion in revenue has been collected and used for a variety of different programs across the state, the lottery reported.
More than $4.8 billion worth of funding for educational grants and scholarship programs has been distributed since 1999, the site continues.
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