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After winning £80,177 ($100,000) on a Kentucky Lottery Powerball ticket, a Louisville man is leaving his days of operating school buses behind him.
James Keown, an 11-year veteran of Jefferson County Public Schools, doubled his prize money with a Power Play at the lottery's drawing on August 19 after matching four white balls, according to lottery officials. He made the decision to retire after hearing the excellent news.
“I called my boss on Sunday, and I told him, ‘I hit the lottery and I’m not coming back.’ I loved my job, but I’d been thinking about retiring for a while," Keown said.
“I looked at it four times… that number’s got to change, but it didn’t,” James said. “I thought I better see what I won. The first time, I saw I won $50,000 and then I thought, wait a minute I play the multiplier all the time, so I went back, and the multiplier was 2."
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James came home with $71,500 after taxes and one less job to worry about (Kentucky Lottery)James called his wife Monta after he realized he had won a total of (£80,177) $100,000. She exclaimed, "I'm really over the moon and delighted for him.
With his earnings after taxes, James returned home with $71,500 and one less career to worry about. According to the lottery, he and his wife now plans to donate their money to local cat rescue shelters and to the purchase of a lake home. The Circle K store where the ticket was purchased will make $1,000.
The ticket was purchased at a Publix in Neptune Beach, Florida, after 31 consecutive Mega Millions drawings ended without a winner (Getty Images)A lottery ticket purchased in Florida was determined as the $1.58billion Mega Millions jackpot winner a month prior to Kentucky's most recent winner being announced.
After 31 straight Mega Millions drawings concluded without a winner, the ticket was bought at a Publix in Neptune Beach, Florida, according to News4Jax.
“Congratulations to the Florida Lottery for selling a jackpot-winning ticket in Tuesday’s $1.58billion Mega Millions drawing,” Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin said.
“We congratulate our newest jackpot winner, as well as the more than 43.7million winners at all prize levels throughout this jackpot run."
Experts say retirement in 2023 typically occurs in various stages (AFP via Getty Images)Establishing your total pension savings is important since it is essential to know how much you have saved in order to be able to plan your retirement, according to experts at Fidelity.co.uk.
We sometimes refer to "our pension" as if it were a single fund, but in actuality, your pension may be made up of several discrete pots that are listed on the books of numerous pension plans that you have accumulated over the years as you have changed employment. To know how much money you have, you must be able to see all of your pensions.