DATE:
Monday, September 25, 2017
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Karie Lowe
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Topeka Resident Turns $15 Cash Prize into $30,000 Top
Prize
When Judy Knable won $15 playing the Kansas Lottery's
$5 Birthday Bash instant scratch game Friday night, she never
imagined that win would lead her to a $30,000 top prize the very
next day!
"After winning $15 Friday night, I decided to stop by Kwik Shop
the next morning before I went to work to cash in the ticket," said
Knable. "When the store clerk validated the ticket, she asked
me if I wanted three more tickets or $15 in cash. I decided
to go ahead and get three more of the Birthday Bash tickets since I
had luck playing it."
The 59-year-old was thrilled she decided to exchange her $15 win
for more tickets after she won a $30,000 top prize!
"After getting the three Birthday Bash tickets, I went to work
and scratched them," said Knable. "When I scratched the
second one, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I'd won
$30,000! If the store clerk hadn't asked me if I wanted more
tickets, I would have taken the $15 in cash, and I wouldn't have
won. I had the most nerve-wracking weekend I've ever
had. Where do you put a $30,000 winning ticket? I was
in panic mode. After signing the back of the ticket, I put it in my
purse and didn't let it out of my sight."
Knable and her husband Derrek, who have been married four years,
said they plan to pay off their credit cards with the winnings. She
purchased the winning ticket at Kwik Shop 713, located at 5700 SW
21st St. in Topeka.
There are three $30,000 top prizes remaining in the $5 Birthday
Bash game as well as thousands of other cash prizes. Kansas Lottery
PlayOn Players Loyalty program members can also submit non-winning
Birthday Bash instant scratch tickets for a chance to win great
prizes in two remaining Birthday
Bash second-chance drawings.
TO VIEW VIDEO OF THE LUCKY WINNER, CLICK HERE: Judy
Knable