Mega millions lottery jackpot is won by a northern Kentucky player

A northern Kentucky man (who wishes to remain anonymous) has stepped forward with the winning $1,000,000 Mega Millions ticket from last Friday's drawing, lottery officials announced Thursday.

Officials said the winner came to the Kentucky Lottery headquarters earlier this week with ticket after taking it to the Kroger on Dixie Highway in Erlanger to have it scanned.

The ticket was purchased from that Kroger location, officials confirmed. “I saw the message, ‘prize exceeds cashing limit.’ I really wasn’t sure how much it was for,” he said.

The winner told lottery officials he heard someone from Kroger tell him they had sold a million dollar ticket.

“It’s me, maybe,” he told them. “I called the number on the back of the ticket, gave them the numbers and they confirmed it was the winner,” he said.