A nurse from Maryland in the United States who rarely plays the lottery will have to thank her mother who allegedly convinced her out of the blue to buy a ticket at random, making her a millionaire last week.
“I didn’t think it was real. I wasn’t sure it was real until the next day,” said the Maryland Lottery winner, according to a press release published Friday and reported by the “Miami Herald.”
Toward the end of October, the Bowie, Prince George’s County, wife was at a gas station with her mother when the regular gambler allegedly convinced her daughter to take a random ticket in the ‘display.
Without even knowing the total amount at stake, the latter would have ended up giving in by selecting the Multi-Match game in the window. The winner played the lottery very rarely – once or twice a year at most – she told the lottery agency.
It was also his mother who took the ticket home to check it after the October 28 drawing, widening her eyes when the reader simply displayed the message “Go to the lottery”, according to the American media .
Too curious to wait, she went online to check the sequence of numbers, realizing with disbelief that she was holding the winning ticket of US$1.8 million, or nearly $2.5 million.
“I looked at him and said: ‘this is not possible’,” remembers the mother, who rushed to break the news to her daughter.
Winners of the Multi-Match game can choose to receive the full amount in 25 equal installments, or a single payment of US$1.075 million before tax, which is what the nurse would have chosen.
If she has not detailed what she will do with the sum, she will certainly have to remember to thank her mother for her suggestion.
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