Charles Stallard (Credit: Kentucky Lottery)
VALLEY STATION, Ky. - A Kentucky man said he's now debt-free after winning $150,000 from a lottery scratch-off ticket.
Charles Stallard bought the ticket as he was buying groceries. He purchased a $5 50X The Cash ticket that had a $150,000 top prize.
He scratched off the ticket in his truck and the ticket revealed a 50X symbol indicating the prize below is multiplied.
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"When it came up fifty times, I figured it was going to be $5," he said in a news release. "When I scratched off $3,000, I actually started crying. I couldn’t believe it!"
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Stallard took home $108,000 after taxes.
"I didn’t get much sleep all weekend," he continued. "For the first time in my life, I’m not in debt. I get to pay my house off."
He also said his boat broke down over a year ago, and he's hoping to get it fixed.
"Once I get everything paid, I’m fishing the rest of the year," he said.
This story was reported from Los Angeles.