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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A last-second decision to change his normal pattern of buying lottery tickets led to a huge win for a Lexington man. 

That's according to a news release from the Kentucky Lottery. 

The man, who does not want to be publicly identified, bought the $20 "Jackpot Frost" scratch-off ticket on his way home from work earlier in December at the Kroger supermarket on Nicholasville Road in Lexington, according to the release. 

He used his last $20 in cash to make the purchase.

"I had $20 in my wallet, so I figured well, it's getting closer to Christmas time, I'd go ahead and get a ticket," he said, telling lottery officials he normally purchases $5 tickets and usually doesn't buy $20 tickets. 

He decided to change things up this time -- and he's glad he did. 

"I scratched off the first one and it was a 20X and the prize amount was $1,500, so I did the math and that was $30,000," he said. "I scratched the second one and it was a match and that was for $10,000. I thought, this is going to be a big one."

He continued: "my calculator wouldn’t go up that high," so he scanned the ticket at the counter to confirm his big win.

"I guess I was in shock for a little bit," he said.

He called his mom first to tell her the news. "I didn’t believe it," his mom said. "Are you sure?" I was in awe," she told officials.

The lucky winner also called his boss, who he didn’t believe him at first. That's when he sent a picture of the ticket. "I told him I needed to take Monday off to take care of this," he said. "He texted me a little while later and said, 'You are planning on coming back, right?'"

On Dec. 9th, the Fayette County man brought his mom to lottery headquarters to claim the prize. He walked away with a check for $360,000 after taxes.

He told officials that's not quite enough for him to retire, but it will most certainly help. He also said he plans to invest some of the winnings.

Kroger will receive $5,000 for selling the winning ticket.

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