Powerball Winner • KY • 2007
Jackpot (2024$)
$91,000,000
lump sum
Age at Win
Unknown
Nukote International (imaging supplies manufacturer)
Won $61.5M jackpot with numbers 25-27-31-44-54 PB:8
Group arrived at Louisville lottery HQ in white SUV limousine
Company relocated jobs from Bardstown, several pool members laid off but kept in group
Pool member died at 62, 9 years after win. Obituary mentions family, no scandal.
"I was getting ready for work, and I heard on the news that the winning ticket had been sold in Nelson County... Jane e-mails me our numbers, so I got online and saw the top line. I never got any further than that."
"This was my last time pitching in... Because the Powerball pool had been paid several weeks ahead, the winning ticket included some of the former employees."
"I'm certainly happy. This couldn't have happened to a nicer group."
"Now they won't have to struggle to go to college"
Connie Mattingly heard on news that winning ticket sold in Nelson County. Jane Shelver emailed the numbers. Mattingly checked online: "I saw the top line. I never got any further than that." Called Shelver who was so excited she hung up. Group mobilized to Louisville lottery HQ arriving in white SUV limousine.