Tamika Waddy of Lexington has a huge reason to celebrate in the new year as the Kentucky Lottery announced that she won $250,000 on a Winter Ca$h Scratch-off ticket.
The scratch-off ticket game, lottery officials reported, offers a top prize of $25,000 a year for 10 years. Waddy chose the lump sum payment of $200,000, resulting in Waddy taking home $144,000 after taxes.
Officials noted that Waddy asked for six tickets and made the decision to purchase one more. That last ticket, according to officials, was the winning one…