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Radcliff residents win $2M and $1M on this week's Powerball

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From Kentucky Lottery
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SOURCE: From Kentucky Lottery
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Radcliff residents win $2M and $1M on this week's Powerball
Two people from Radcliff were big Powerball winners this week.Kentucky Lottery officials said that man came to the headquarters on Wednesday to cash his $1 million Powerball ticket.Officials said that man called his wife and told her he thought he was having a heart attack after finding out he won.“Oh my god, do I need to call 911,” she asked. “I told her, ‘No, I think I won the lottery. We just won a million dollars!”The man ended up taking home $715,05 after taxes. The couple told lottery officials they plan to pay off their home and purchase one for their son with the winnings."It sure is a merry Christmas," the man's wife added.The Walmart on Gateway Crossing Boulevard in Radcliff sold the winning ticket and will receive $10,000.Someone won the first place prize of $2 million on the Powerball but has not come forward yet. This ticket was also sold in Radcliff.

Two people from Radcliff were big Powerball winners this week.

Kentucky Lottery officials said that man came to the headquarters on Wednesday to cash his $1 million Powerball ticket.

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Officials said that man called his wife and told her he thought he was having a heart attack after finding out he won.

“Oh my god, do I need to call 911,” she asked. “I told her, ‘No, I think I won the lottery. We just won a million dollars!”

The man ended up taking home $715,05 after taxes. The couple told lottery officials they plan to pay off their home and purchase one for their son with the winnings.

"It sure is a merry Christmas," the man's wife added.

The Walmart on Gateway Crossing Boulevard in Radcliff sold the winning ticket and will receive $10,000.

Someone won the first place prize of $2 million on the Powerball but has not come forward yet. This ticket was also sold in Radcliff.