LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Louisville couple is celebrating a $50,000 win on Powerball® this week during the game’s $1.7 billion jackpot run.

According to the Kentucky Lottery, the couple, who asked to remain anonymous, recently matched all four white ball winning numbers and the Powerball on a ticket.

The couple purchased the ticket at Kroger at 2440 Bardstown Road in Louisville on Sunday, Aug. 31.

They later checked the ticket the day after the Labor Day Powerball drawing, officials say.

“I looked at it and saw that I had won $100,” the wife said. “It was wonderful. A hundred dollars. I was happy with that.”

Later that night, she looked at the ticket again ahead of cashing it.

“I guess I was just crazy when I first looked at it because I realized I forgot to look at the Powerball® number

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