LONDON, Ky. (FOX 56) — A London couple, married for over three decades, won big playing a Kentucky Lottery Scratch-off ticket.

Kentucky Lottery officials said the pair, who wish to remain anonymous, won $1,500,000 playing the $20 “Wild Cash 200X.

The husband, a longtime lottery player, told officials he typically sticks to $10 games.

He bought the winning ticket recently from a Kentucky Lottery vending machine, which is a change from his usual routine. “I’m surprised that I even bought that ticket,” he said. “I usually buy it from the counter.”

After scratching off the first row of numbers, the husband’s first thought was that he might be mistaken.

He said he checked the ticket “fifty times to making sure my eyes weren’t bad!”

He matched the number 21 on the ticket to win the game’s

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