A Kentucky woman is celebrating an unexpected windfall after nearly discarding an $80,000 winning lottery ticket.

Kentucky’s Pamela Howard-Thorton unearthed an $80,000 scratch-off ticket from the trash — after nearly losing it forever.

Here's a rundown of five times winning lottery tickets worth big prizes were lost, forgotten or kept until they nearly ...

Pamela Howard-Thorton, of Shepherdsville, told Kentucky Lottery officials she had been eyeing the $5 Flamingo Bingo scratch-off game for some time, but hadn’t gotten the chance to play, according to a ...

That strategy worked for a Shepherdsville woman, who recently claimed the top prize of $80,000 on the Kentucky Lottery's $5 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky woman said she had a premonition telling her to get a ticket for the Kentucky Lottery's newest $5 Flamingo Bingo Scratch-off game. Family described the woman, Pamela ...

James Shannon Farthing poses with his mother Linda Grizzle after duo won the $167.3 million Powerball jackpot on April 26, 2025. Kentucky lottery “I come in here all the time,” Farthing told WKYT.

A California lottery player hit the Powerball jackpot after matching all six numbers in the latest drawing. On Saturday, May ...