Georgia Woman Wins $25 Million Lottery Due To Clerk’s Mistake
|It takes an incredible amount of lock to win a lottery jackpot, and still greater fortune to win on a ticket you didn’t even intend to purchase. A Georgia woman who was looking for a job won out on both fronts when she won on a ticket a clerk gave her by accident.
According to the AP, the woman asked for a Mega Millions ticket, but the clerk accidentally printed up a Powerball entry with the same numbers, along with the ticket she requested. The woman was in the mood to double down so she didn’t try to return the Powerball ticket and ask for a refund. That’s why she won the $25 million prize, which she chose to cash out with the $15.1 million pre-tax lump sum option.
The story says the winner wants to travel, buy a car and help others. Hopefully she adds “give error-prone clerk humongous tip” to that list.
“The story says the winner wants to travel, buy a car and help others. Hopefully she adds “give error-prone clerk humongous tip” to that list.”
I hope so too. My dad always said that if he ever won anything substantial on the Lottery, he’d make sure that the person who sold him the ticket got a share. It only happened once; he won about £80 and I think he gave the guy £20 and spent the rest on a family meal out.
Me, I think I’d panic if I ever won it big. For me, it wouldn’t be the crack open the champagne, which way to Ibiza? kind of reaction. It would be the kind of reaction where I’d have to sit in a dark room until I’d stopped panicking. Then I’d figure out what sum of money could ensure me financial security for the rest of my life, bank it and leave it alone. I’d want to help others, but it would be no good leaving myself penniless in the process.