Two Kentucky brother's lucky lottery streak continues with multiple wins including Powerball
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Brothers William, of Rush, and Earl Grace, of Coal Grove with their Jan. 5 scratch card win of $100K . But there’s more to their win than meets the eye. PHOTO: KY LOTTERY
Two brothers have an amazing lottery win record that continued this week.
It started in December 2010 when William and Earl Grace were part of a group that collected $200,000 in a Powerball jackpot win.
A draw for a 2010 Powerball game in December when the brothers collected $200,000.
Then just three months later they were part of another pool that won $400,000 on the Kentucky Lottery’s 3 Line Lotto game.
“When we won Powerball, we said we would be back and sure enough, just a few months later there we were,” William said.
Last month Earl had given William scratch-off tickets as birthday and Christmas gifts on Dec.22, but after not winning anything, William decided to buy more.
The Summit Smart Stop in Ashland will receive a $1,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
The next day he bought a Fastest Road to $3 Million scratch-off ticket for $30 at Summit Smart Stop gas station in Ashland.
“I scratched off the barcode in the store and scanned it on the machine,” William Grace told lottery officials.
“It said $100,000, but I thought, I’m not too sure about this machine.”
That’s when he decided to scratch off the ticket to confirm how much he had won.
William had matched No. 31 in the fourth row, and directly below was the $100,000 prize.
“My new favorite number now is 31,” William said.
Earl, who was with him at the time, said: “I’ve got the app on my phone, let me see that ticket.”
The brothers split the $100,000 prize, each receiving $35,500, after taxes, according to Kentucky Lottery.
They each said they plan to pay off bills with their winnings.
“We will be back,” they told lottery officials as they left the office.
