Group of Kentucky educators won $1 million Powerball, hid ticket in math book

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A group of employees and teachers from a Kentucky middle school have won a $1 million Powerball prize. They tucked the winning ticket in a math text book for safekeeping. The group of 30 educators are from Rector A. Jones Middle School in northern Kentucky near Cincinnati. Some are retired. They’ve been playing the same Powerball numbers since 2019, when they drew them randomly from a hat. Their numbers finally hit on Saturday. They matched five numbered balls, but missed the Powerball, giving them a $1 million prize. After school on Tuesday, the group carpooled to Louisville with the winning ticket safely tucked in a math textbook.