US: Woman About To Throw Away Lottery Ticket Discovers Rs 1.6 Crore Win ?

A woman in the United States was about to throw away her lottery ticket when she decided to check it again and discovered a $200,000 (Rs 1.6 crore) prize waiting for her.

Woman nearly throws away Rs 1.6 crore winning lottery ticket

Jacqueline Leigh, 60, told North Carolina Education Lottery officials she bought a $5 Hot 5¡¯s scratch-off from a store in Roper, but did not realise it was a winning ticket.

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"I really was about to throw it away. But I went back and looked at it again and that's when I discovered it," she said.

She was left shocked after discovering the ticket that nearly went into the trash was worth $200,000. Once she realised she won the jackpot prize, she called her family.

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¡°I told my daughter and she said, ¡®mom are you for real'. I¡¯ve never won anything like this before. It¡¯s a blessing," she added.

Leigh took home $142,021 after taxes and plans to pay off her car and some bills, according to lottery officials.

Man wins Rs 79 lakh after unknowingly entering draw

Earlier, a man in Michigan, U.S., unknowingly entered into a lottery's second chance game and ended up walking away with $100,000 (Rs 79.55 lakh) jackpot.

The 58-year-old Oakland County man, who chose to remain anonymous, won $100,000 on the $300,000,000 Diamond Riches Second Chance Drawing ¡ª the top prize for the game.

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He told Michigan Lottery officials that he had bought a few tickets. He used the lottery's app to scan a few non-winning without realising he was setting himself up for a jackpot.

"I bought a few of the $300,000,000 Diamond Riches tickets and scanned them on the Lottery app after I scratched them to double check them. I never read the back of the ticket, so I didn¡¯t know that by scanning them, I earned entries into a giveaway," said the player.

"I saw an email from the Lottery one day notifying me that I¡¯d won a $100,000 prize in the $300,000,000 Diamond Riches second chance drawing," he said.

"I called the Lottery to see what the email was about, which is when I learned that scanning the tickets had entered me into a drawing. It was such a surprise!" he continued.

The man visited the lottery headquarters to claim his winnings, which he plans to use to help his family.

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