After a stranger pushes him and hits the wrong button, LaQuedra Edwards wins a $10 million prize in a scratch card. According to the Washington Post, the case took place in a supermarket in Tarzana, near Los Angeles, in Southern California.
According to the newspaper, the American put $40 into a machine that sells charge cards. She planned to buy several tickets with the money, but paying the unknown made her press the button to buy only one ticket, which costs $30, the most expensive on sale.
The woman said the man who pushed her was “rude” and “didn’t say anything” after hitting her. “He just walked out the door,” she said, angrily at the situation.
LaQuedra canceled the tickets he had bought as soon as he got back to his car, then found out he had won $10 million. The first reaction to doubt the outcome. She only believed in the prize when she cleared the ticket with the lottery app.
“I’m still in shock. All I remember is that I said ‘I’m rich’ when I found out how much I just won,” she said.
According to the lottery responsible for the prize, the chance of winning $ 10 million by buying a ticket is 1 in 3 million.
Now, the American plans to use the money to buy a house and create her own non-profit organization.
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