A man wins $50,000 on the Kentucky Lottery Powerball ticket days before Christmas

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Lexington man won $50,000 on a Kentucky Lottery Powerball ticket days before Christmas.

According to lottery officials, Jeffery Goree is a UPS driver who travels to West Virginia five days a week and makes several stops in Kentucky to buy Powerball tickets.

Goree told lottery officials he bought the winning ticket for the Dec. 14 drawing at Clark’s Pump-N-Shop on Versailles Road in Lexington.

Days later, lottery officials say Goree checked his ticket to find he had matched four white balls and the Powerball to win $50,000.

Goree told lottery officials she could only cry after discovering her winnings.

According to lottery officials, Goree walked away with $36,000 after taxes.

He says he plans to pay off his RV and put the rest of his earnings in the bank.

Clark’s Pump-N-Shop will receive $500 for the sale of the winning ticket.