LaQuedra Edwards gained $10 million within the California lottery after “some impolite particular person” bumped her, forcing her to push the mistaken merchandising system button for a Scratchers price ticket she had no aim of shopping for.
However that price ticket became out to be oh so proper.
Edwards was once using at the highway later when she discovered the $30 price ticket had reaped the highest prize, she mentioned in a commentary posted Wednesday.
“I virtually crashed my automobile,” she joked. “I pulled over, checked out it time and again, scanned it with my app, and I simply stored considering it will’t be proper.”
Edwards, who plans to shop for a area and get started a nonprofit project, mentioned she is “nonetheless in surprise.”
“All I take into account announcing after I discovered how a lot I simply gained was once, “I’m wealthy!”
Edward bought her price ticket at a Vons Grocery store in Tarzana, which gained $50,000 for promoting the large winner.
The one who ran into Edwards and “didn’t say a factor” as he walked out the grocery store door would possibly nonetheless be speechless if he came upon her coincidence.
Bizarre issues do occur within the lottery. One girl not too long ago came upon she had gained $3 million via on the lookout for every other message in her junk mail electronic mail folder and discovering a notification from the lottery.
