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Kentucky co-workers win $50K after boss gifts them scratch-offs for Christmas

By
Allie Griffin
Published Dec. 14, 2023, 12:40 a.m. ET

A group of coworkers in Kentucky scored big this holiday when they won $50,000 on lottery scratch-offs that were a Christmas gift from their supervisor.

Sheila Colter, a shift supervisor at Med Center Health Environmental Services in Bowling Green, purchased Kentucky Lottery scratch-offs as presents for her employees at their annual holiday party.

She said she had ordered other items to gift the staffers but they didn’t arrive in time, so she got scratch-offs instead — a change of plans that ended up paying out big time.

“Our work Christmas party was early this year. I had ordered some items online, but they didn’t come in before the party,” Colter said. “So, I decided to get Scratch-offs instead.”

The $30 tickets she bought for the team to share won them $50 so she used the cash to buy a $50 Millionaire Club Scratch-Off.

They then doubled their money, winning $100 from that ticket. But Colter didn’t stop there.

Kentucky co-workers won the lottery for $50,000 after their boss gifted them scratch-offs for Christmas.
Kentucky co-workers won the lottery for $50,000 after their boss gifted them scratch-offs for Christmas. Kentucky Lottery

“We kept playing as a group. There are 21 of us,” Colter said. “I would stop on the way to work, and we kept winning.”

She bought two more tickets with the $100 and one of them ended up winning the team the game’s second-place prize of $50,000, according to the Kentucky Lottery.

“We were all so excited. I was on the floor,” Colter said of their big win.

The two tickets bought with the $100 ended up winning the team the game's second-place prize of $50,000, according to the Kentucky Lottery.
The two tickets bought with the $100 ended up winning the team the game’s second-place prize of $50,000, according to the Kentucky Lottery. Kentucky Lottery

Colter and an employee Winnie Beckman went to the lottery headquarters to collect their prize. After taxes, they left with a check for $35,750, the Kentucky Lottery said in a Tuesday press release.

Each employee will take home about $1,750 from the winnings, split 21 ways.

Colter said she plans to use her portion to finish her holiday shopping.

Beckman, meanwhile, is putting the money towards care for her mother, who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

“I’m going to use it for my mom’s medicine,” she said. “This will help a lot. And I will never forget this.”

The store where Colter bought the winning ticket, IGA Express on US 31 West Bypass in Bowling Green, will also receive $500 from the Kentucky Lottery.

“It means a lot. This is going to help a lot of people,” Colter said.