NEWPORT, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) — Kentucky Lottery officials have announced that a Newport, Kentucky woman has won $50,000.
Christmas is just a little brighter for Tanya Hammonds.
She asked her husband to buy some scratch-off tickets at the store. He accidently bought the wrong kind. This was a mistake that would eventually pay off.
One of the scratch-off tickets was worth $50,000.
Hammonds said that she scratched off the barcode before actually scratching off the ticket. The machine told her she had a winning ticket worth $50,000.
At first, she thought the machine was broken, but quickly realized she was a winner.
Hammond said she was so excited that she could hardly hold the ticket in her hand.
She chose the quick pay and walked away with $35,750.00.
