LUCKY ERROR
Lottery player wins $100,000 after noticing ‘mistake’ on her Powerball ticket – but it doubled her jackpot
The lotto player was left in disbelief as she remembered scanning her tickets a dozen times
A LOTTERY player walked away with a double $100,000 prize after a clerk entered her numbers incorrectly.
The Maryland resident, who goes by the nickname Feedie, purchased two tickets from a Giant grocery store in Montgomery County on April 9.
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However, when Feedie purchased a second ticket at a local liquor store, she told the Maryland Lottery Commission the clerk entered her desired numbers inaccurately.
The clerk hit the wrong key for Feedie's $20 ticket on the night drawing, which included the Power Play and Double Play features.
Feedie brushed off the mistake and accepted the ticket.
But, little did Feedie know, lady luck was by her side.
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One of Feedie's tickets rang up a $50,000 reward, but thanks to the Power Play multiplier, it doubled her third-tier prize to $100,000.
The other ticket, which the clerk incorrectly entered, was also a $50,000 third-tier winner, with the feature doubling the reward to a second $100,000 prize.
Feedie was in disbelief when she learned about her winnings.
"I scanned my winners about 10 to 12 times because I really couldn't believe I had won that much money on my second time playing," she told the Maryland Lottery Commission.
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"I felt my body shaking, I dropped to my knees and thanked God."
Feedie said she actually forgot about her tickets until her daughter reminded her about them.
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"I guess I am a lucky woman. My mother used to tell me that.
"It finally feels like it today."
The lucky winner said she plans on investing or saving her winnings.
Feedie has kept her winning close to her chest, only revealing the life-changing prizes to her daughter and mother.
'WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY'
Meanwhile, an Illinois grandfather realized he won $1 million on an old lotto ticket.
Like Feedie, the Illinois native was so shocked about his win that he asked his wife to read the numbers aloud repeatedly.
"I quickly scrolled through my account history, just to make sure I hadn't already bought one for that night's drawing," the winner, who chose to remain anonymous, told FOX affiliate WFLD.
"That's when I saw an older ticket in my account saying, 'You're a Winner!' and I clicked on it. I couldn't believe my luck when it said I won a million dollars.
"When my wife got home, I asked her to read my winning prize amount out loud."
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"That's when it finally started to sink in a little bit that this was, in fact, real."
The granddad said he wants to use the money to take his four grandchildren to Disney World.