![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/bus-drivers-nine-words-to-boss-after-scooping-huge-jackpot-on-lottery-ticket/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_SDC_MDG_CHP_56869JPG.jpg&description=A Kentucky bus driver won himself a life-changing sum of $100,000, prompting him to quit his job almost straight away. James Keown 'loved' his job but now has a fortune to his name 'I hit the lottery and I'm not coming back,' bus driver James Keown told his boss A bus driver was so thrilled to win a huge lottery prize that he stunned his boss by quitting his job nearly straight away. James Keown told his boss " I hit the lottery and I'm not coming back," when he won a grand prize of $100,000 after he bought a ticket at the Circle K convenience store in Jeffersontown, Kentucky. James said he "loved" his job as a bus driver for the Jefferson County Public School District, but he had considered retiring after 11 years in the role. 'I called my boss on Sunday, and I told him, 'I hit the lottery and I'm not coming back.'… I loved my job, but I'd been thinking about retiring for a while,' he said. James won the big prize after his winning ticket matched four white ball numbers and the Powerball to win the $50,000 prize. Luckily, James had added the Power Play opinion on his ticket that doubled his winning sum. For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US James' wife Monta said she was 'over the moon' for her husband 'I thought, 'I better see what I won.' The first time, I saw I won $50,000 and then I thought, 'Wait a minute, I play the multiplier all the time,' so I went back, and the multiplier was 2,' Keown said. The bus driver's wife Monta was also overjoyed at their good fortune and said she was "over the moon and excited for him." 'We had just gotten off the phone, and then he texted for me to call him as soon as I could. I panicked thinking something was wrong,' Monta told lottery officials. 'He told me, 'I just paid off my bills.' I said, 'You did what?'' 'I just paid off my bills. I just won $100,000!'' Monta and James are keen to put their newfound cash to good use by supporting the local cat and kitten rescue shelters.){kind=link}
A Kentucky bus driver won himself a life-changing sum of $100,000, prompting him to quit his job almost straight away. James Keown ‘loved’ his job but now has a fortune to his name
A bus driver was so thrilled to win a huge lottery prize that he stunned his boss by quitting his job nearly straight away.
James Keown told his boss “I hit the lottery and I’m not coming back,” when he won a grand prize of $100,000 after he bought a ticket at the Circle K convenience store in Jeffersontown, Kentucky.
James said he “loved” his job as a bus driver for the Jefferson County Public School District, but he had considered retiring after 11 years in the role.
“I called my boss on Sunday, and I told him, âI hit the lottery and I’m not coming back.’⦠I loved my job, but I’d been thinking about retiring for a while,” he said.