28-03-2025
Ky. woman follows up on promise, toting eggs with lottery win: ‘There will be signs'
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (FOX 56) — You may have heard the phrase, 'I wouldn't tell anyone I won the lottery, but there will be signs.'
With the sky-high price of eggs, it's a phrase Hazel Morris was all too familiar with. She'd been sending around a meme showing a refrigerator door holding nothing but eggs, never imagining that winning the lottery would become a reality.
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She created quite a buzz when she walked through the Kentucky Lottery Headquarters' doors toting a carton of eggs, following up on her promise when she was handed a check worth over $281,000.
Hazel had been playing the Kentucky Lottery's Instant Play online games.
'I started playing the day before, and I went up to like a hundred dollars. I thought, well, I'm going to cash out, but something said to hang onto it and play for the next few days,' she said.
The following evening, Hazel hit the jackpot.
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'I only played five or six hands and was betting a dollar at a time,' she said. 'I saw that Mega thing come up and boom, there it was! Suddenly, I saw the winning notification come up, and I just started shaking. I sat there for a long time, and I just started thanking God. I couldn't believe it was real.'
She was speechless at first, and when she called for her husband, Dale, he thought something was wrong because tears were streaming down her face.
'What's wrong?' he asked.
'I got him by the hands, and I said, 'I've done something.''
'What have you done now?' he asked.
'I think I've hit the lottery,' Hazle exclaimed.
'You've done what?' Dale asked.
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The Perry County couple made the drive to Louisville on March 19, where they accepted a check for $202,789.01 after taxes.
Hazel told lottery officials she's worked in the kitchen at the Eastern Kentucky Veteran Center for nearly 22 years.
'I plan to pay off my bills and use the money as a cushion for retirement. It's not enough to retire on, but it will certainly help,' Hazel said.
Dale spoke fondly of his wife, saying there isn't a person more deserving than Hazle.
'She does a lot in the community and helps out,' he said. 'It's well deserved.'
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