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Mum accidentally wins $6 million in the Lotto
A mum is $6 million richer after accidentally buying the wrong Lottery ticket.
Oksana Zaharov, from Edgewater in New Jersey, was on a day out shopping when she decided to grab a $1 scratch-off Lottery ticket on a whim at Trisha Convenience store in Manhattan.
However, the cashier handed her back a $10 Set For Life ticket, which turned out to be worth $6 million.
The 46-year-old couldn’t believe her eyes when she finally scratched the ticket, after admitting to using it as a bookmark for a while before she eventually scratched it.
“When the clerk handed me the wrong ticket I felt bad so I decided to just go ahead and buy it,” she told the New York Lottery.
“I actually used the ticket as a bookmark for a couple weeks before I decided to scratch it.”
Zaharov said she had to return to the shop with the ticket before she would believe her luck.
“I never win anything. I was sure the ticket was fake. It wasn’t until I brought it into the office that I knew it was for real," she said.
According to the Lottery website, Zaharov’s winnings will be paid out to her over a 20-year period.
She claims she will use the money to go on a family holiday and put her kids through university.
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