There is luck and then there is this! A woman in California, U.S., won $10 million (Rs 75 crore) after she accidentally pressed the wrong button on a lottery vending machine.
LaQuedra Edwards had put $40 into the Lottery Scratchers vending machine at a Vons supermarket in Tarzana in November 2021, according to a California State Lottery press release.
Edwards was selecting what games she wanted when "some rude person" bumped into her, causing her to accidentally push the wrong number on the machine.?
"He just bumped into me, didn¡¯t say a thing and just walked out the door," Edwards said,?according to a press?release?from the organisation.?
Out of the machine came a $30 200X Scratchers ticket, which Edwards had absolutely no intention of buying. She admitted she was irritated about spending 75% of her money on one ticket, Fox Business reported.?
After leaving the store and getting back into her car, Edwards began?scratching her ticket?and realised that she had just won the game's top prize of $10 million.
"I didn't really believe it at first, but I got on the 405 freeway and kept looking down at [the ticket], I almost crashed my car. I pulled over, looked at it again and again, scanned it with my [California Lottery mobile] app, and I just kept thinking this can't be right," Edwards said.
"I¡¯m still in shock. All I remember saying once I found out how much I just won was, ¡®I¡¯m rich!¡¯" she added.?
Edwards plans to use her winnings to buy a house and start a nonprofit organisation.? ?
The store from where she bought the winning ticket got a $50,000 bonus.?
Other lottery players in the U.S. have also been equally lucky when hoping to land the top? prize.?
In February, a?New York?man won the top prize of $10 million from a New York lottery ticket. This was the second time the man won $10 million from the lottery.??
Juan Hernandez was the winner of the top prize from a New York Lottery $10,000,000 Deluxe scratch-off ticket. He previously won $10 million from Cash Spectacular scratch-off game in 2019, Newsweek reported.??
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