Kentuckians don't have to play the lottery to be a winner in the traditional sense. For the last 30 years, Kentucky high schoolers who get above a 2.5 GPA earn lottery proceeds for in-state college tuition through the KEES Scholarship Program.

The better they do in school, the more they earn. One out five Kentuckians received grants and scholarships through lottery education assistance which is about $2.43 million in awards.

The odds of hitting a jackpot in the lottery is one in 300 million which can make the game less exciting for some of us when you inject logic.

In 2020, the Kentucky Lottery sold $1.6 billion worth of lottery tickets. They paid out a total of $808.3 million dollars to the people of Kentucky. The majority of payouts are small as in $5 or $10 dollar winners.

In 2019-2020, over 26,000 scholarships totaling over $40 million dollars went to Jefferson County high schoolers. If you're wondering...it's been more than a decade since the Bluegrass state has had a big jackpot lottery winner.

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