Dirk Swing, a builder from Lexington, stopped to get a $2 bottle of water after a long day at work and ended up quenching his thirst for a $1 million scratch-off prize.
Swing had long hoped to win a big prize in the $300,000,000 Supreme Riches game but he said he was surprised to find his lucky ticket waiting for him when he stopped unexpectedly at the Crossroad Mart on Linwood-Southmont Road in Lexington.
“It’s just one of those things of fate that I assume I was meant to have it for some reason,” said Swing.
He says when he told his wife about his good luck, she dropped to the floor in tears. “I’m just a regular ‘ol country boy that was fortunate enough to win,” said Swing. “So, I feel very fortunate, and very lucky and very blessed, too.”
While the state’s Stay At Home order remains in effect, the lottery lifted the requirement that winners of prizes of $100,000 or more claim their prize in person.
Swing had a choice of an annuity prize paid out as $50,000 a year over 20 years, totaling $1 million, or a lump sum of $600,000. He chose the lump sum, and after required tax withholdings, he received $424,509 via electronic funds transfer on Wednesday.
Swing says he will invest some of the money, donate some to charity, and “hold on to a little bit because I like to play the games.”
The $30 ticket launched in April 2019 with four top prizes of $10 million and six $1 million prizes. Two $10 million prizes and one $1 million prize remain to be won.
Players can win prizes instantly, as Swing did, or by entering their $300,000,000 Supreme Riches tickets into second-chance drawings. The drawings offer one $1 million prize, four $10,000 prizes, and 50 $200 prizes. The entry deadline for the remaining third and fourth drawings have not been set.
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