Woman buys soda, lottery ticket on ‘crummy day' — then prize turns things around
National Woman buys soda, lottery ticket on 'crummy day' — then prize turns things around
A Missouri woman turned a bad day around when she scratched off a huge lottery win.
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A woman was on her way home after a 'crummy day' at work when she decided to treat herself to a soda and a Missouri lottery ticket in hopes of making her day better.
She went home and scratched off the '$5,000,000 Fortune' ticket she purchased in O'Fallon, but she didn't believe what the ticket revealed.
The woman's day turned around when she saw she had won the top $5 million prize, lottery officials said in an April 23 news release.
'I was just like, 'Is this real?'' she told officials. 'I called my son to let him take a look.'
Her son was equally as shocked and also didn't believe she had really won millions of dollars.
Though her son told her the ticket had to be fake, the woman took a closer look.
'I knew it was real,' she told officials.
O'Fallon is about a 30-mile drive northwest from downtown St. Louis.
Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.
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Kate Linderman covers national news for McClatchy's real-time team. She reports on politics and crime and courts news in the Midwest. Kate is a 2023 graduate of DePaul University and is based in Chicago.
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