Kentucky Coworkers Split $50K Lottery Prize Won on Tickets They Received as Gifts

A group of coworkers at Med Center Health Environmental Services in Bowling Green received scratch-off tickets as a holiday present from their boss

A group of Kentucky coworkers have an extra reason to celebrate this Christmas!

According to local NBC affiliate Lex 18, the colleagues, who work at Med Center Health Environmental Services in Bowling Green, split a $50,000 lottery prize after their boss gifted them scratch-off tickets for the holidays.

Per the outlet, the group's supervisor, Sheila Colter, told lottery officials that she gifted her team with $30 worth of tickets, resulting in them winning $50. The team then used their winnings to buy a Millionaire Club scratch-off ticket, which led to them winning $100.

Trying their luck one more time, the unnamed staff members won $50,000 after they purchased two more tickets with the $100. Meanwhile, 14 out of 21 staff members were reportedly present when the team won the prize money.

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

“We were all so excited. I was on the floor,” she added.

According to Lex 18, Colter and employee, Winnie Beckman, collected the prize from the lottery headquarters and received $35,750 after taxes. Each of the 21 employees will reportedly receive $1,750.

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WLKY reports that Colter plans to use the money for Christmas shopping, while Beckman will use the money for the treatment of her mother, who was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer.

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

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

Meanwhile, IGA Express on US 31 West Bypass in Bowling Green will also receive $500 for selling the winning ticket.

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