Rockfield man wins $200,000 triple jackpot prize on scratch-off ticket

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – James “Dewayne” Stotts of Rockfield, Ky. was on his way home last week after umpiring at the local little league when he bought a Kentucky Lottery Triple Jackpot scratch-off ticket.

Stotts said his son wanted something to drink at the game but the concession stand was closed, so they stopped at the Crossroads on Russellville Road in Bowling Green.

“We got up to the counter and everything I bought totaled $10, and I told the clerk to go ahead and give me a $10 scratch-off ticket since I was paying with a $20 bill,” said Stotts.

The father of three boys said he plays the Kentucky Lottery occasionally and usually purchases $5 scratch-offs.

Stotts said, “When we got in the truck, I tucked it in my visor and forgot about it.”

The next morning when he got to work, he saw the ticket out of the corner of his eye.

“I told my coworker that I thought it was a sign so I could leave work early,” said Stotts, laughing.

Stotts works in manufacturing and is a logistics coordinator. While his coworker was standing beside him, he began to scratch off the numbers on the ticket.

“I saw a 20X in one spot and told my coworker I had won something and then I scratched off a 10X and I told him this was something big,” said Stotts.

He eventually scratched off the rest of the ticket to see he had won the $200,000 top prize, according to the Kentucky Lottery.

“My coworker said, ‘That’s going to change your life’, I said, ‘Yeah, tell me about it,’” said Stotts to lottery officials.

He and his wife, Natasha, said they would like to buy the house they rent, but they are first going to speak to a financial advisor.

James Stotts walked away with a check for $142,000, after taxes.

Crossroads will receive a $2,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.