A Delaware woman claimed $100,000 in the lottery — then on her way home she won $300,000 more

By Zoe Sottile, CNN

(CNN) — The one factor higher than profitable the lottery is claiming two lottery prizes in someday.

A Delaware lady was in for a once-in-a-lifetime shock after she claimed two six-figure lottery prizes in someday on October 20, in response to a information launch from the Delaware Lottery.

The nameless 70-year-old winner was “thrilled” after she received a $100,000 prize from an “Instantaneous Sport” ticket she bought in Newark, Delaware.

A couple of week after realizing she had received the prize, she headed to the lottery’s headquarters to select up her winnings. The prize was the most important she had received since she started taking part in the lottery seven years in the past, in response to the information launch.

On her approach dwelling from selecting up her winnings, she determined to strive her luck once more — and bought three “Critical Cash” tickets at a comfort retailer.

One of many tickets was a $300,000 prime winner, says the discharge. The girl described claiming two six-figure tickets in someday as “absolute madness.”

“My finest pal was the primary individual I instructed about profitable the $100,000 prime prize, and she or he got here with me to assert it,” the two-time winner stated within the information launch.

“Once I scratched the $300,000 profitable ‘Critical Cash’ ticket later within the day, we simply sat there in disbelief.”

The girl returned to the lottery headquarters to select up the $300,000 prize. She plans to make use of a lot of the winnings for her retirement fund, in response to the discharge.

The possibilities of profitable the $100,000 “Instantaneous Sport” prize are simply 1 in 120,000, in response to the Delaware Lottery. The possibilities of profitable the $300,000 prize within the “Critical Cash” recreation are 1 in 150,000.

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