Unbelievable: US Woman Wins Lottery Worth $175,000 In Office Gift Exchange
Gift exchange is something people look forward to during holidays. With friends, family and even at work people exchange gifts in the spirit of holidays. At work, the price limit for gifts is usually set to a minimum or maximum.?
But imagine winning hundreds of dollars in an office exchange gift as a lottery. Sounds amazing right? The?same thing happened to?a woman in the US - she won $175,000 in a lottery at an office gift exchange. Here's what happened.?
US woman won $175,000 in lottery at an office gift exchange
In recent news, a woman in the US unexpectedly got thousands of dollars richer at an office party after she was handed a lottery scratch card as a gift. The woman identified as, Lori Janes, is a resident of Kentucky.?
She is an office manager and treatment coordinator at Harmon Dental Center in Louisville. She was attending an office gift exchange where she had taken a $25 TJ Maxx gift card. But lucky for her, another employee from her office decided to take the gift from her.?
After that Janes could have selected any other gift, but her hand landed on scratch-off tickets.?
She feels 'truly blessed'
As per a news release from Kentucky Lottery officials, firstly, Janes won $50 on the first ticket. She then scratched off the $10 "Hit The Jackpot" ticket which eventually revealed her win on all 15 spots on the ticket, resulting in winning the top prize of $175,000.
In a statement, Janes, who "couldn't believe" she had won the lottery, said, "Everyone was going insane. People were getting their calculators out and double-checking. A couple of people even scanned the ticket on the lottery's app, just to be sure." She feels "truly blessed" at her unexpected win.?
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