‘I needed it bad’: Cleveland man wins $10K from scratch-off ticket

CLEVELAND (WJW) – A Cleveland man is celebrating after purchasing a winning scratch-off lottery ticket worth $10,000.

The Buckeye Cash ticket was recently sold at McBills Beverage on E. 185th Street in Cleveland.

“I thought it was maybe $100 or $50 and I scratched the first number, and it was $1,000, there was another $1,000 and there’s another $1,000,” lucky winner Kevin Williams told Ohio Lottery.

Williams told lottery officials that the big win was exciting for him.

“I was like, ‘Oh man, I needed it bad’. I needed it. It helped me out tremendously,” Williams said.

According to Ohio Lottery, after mandatory state and federal taxes, he will receive about $7,200.

Williams told lottery officials he plans on using the winnings to “get some stuff off his plate.”

It costs $5 to play the Buckeye Cash lottery game. According to Ohio Lottery, as of Friday, there are still two top prizes worth $100,000 up for grabs. Learn more about it and other scratch-off games here.

So, where do the big lottery prizes stand right now? As of Sunday night, the Powerball jackpot is $456 million and the Mega Millions jackpot is $205 million.