LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A central Kentucky autoworker is lucky he held onto the $128 million Powerball ticket he bought on Christmas Eve during some last-minute shopping. Lottery officials said Rob Anderson and his wife, Tuesday, were winners of the largest jackpot in the state’s history.

Anderson, 39, said the winning ticket was a misprint that he decided to keep while buying stocking stuffers at a Georgetown gas station. “The clerk ran the $3 Quick Pick but he put it all on one ticket, and I was like, doggone it, I needed three separate tickets,” he said. He kept the ticket and bought three others as gifts.

When he arrived at home, he tossed the ticket onto his dresser. When he remembered to check the Powerball numbers, they matched one of the sets of numbers on the botched ticket: 32-36-37-41-53 and Powerball 30.

— From wire reports