A Kentucky woman won $175,000 after getting a lottery ticket at an office holiday party | KRDO

By Zoe Sottile, CNN

A Kentucky girl introduced dwelling the very best current at her workplace present alternate.

Lori Janes, from Louisville, gained $175,000 after receiving a lottery ticket at her workplace vacation occasion, based on a information launch from the Kentucky Lottery.

Janes, an officer supervisor and remedy coordinator at Harmon Dental Heart, participated in a “white elephant” present alternate at her workplace on December 13. All items needed to have a worth of $25 or much less.

One other participant “stole” a $25 TJ Maxx present card Janes had acquired. The workplace supervisor, a frequent TJ Maxx shopper, was upset, based on the discharge. However per the foundations of the present alternate, she had to decide on one other present — and he or she selected a coworker’s $25 in scratch-off tickets.

“As soon as it bought to me, it was executed and mine to maintain,” Janes mentioned within the launch. “That’s when everybody was telling me to scratch them off.”

The primary ticket gained Janes $50. Nevertheless it was the second ticket that clinched her the massive prize: $175,000.

The workplace was shocked at her win, based on the discharge.

“Everybody was going insane. Folks have been getting their calculators out and double checking,” mentioned Janes within the launch. “A few folks even scanned the ticket on the lottery’s app, simply to verify.”

“I couldn’t imagine it,” she went on. “It was a $25 present alternate, and I gained $175,000!”

Her husband and youngsters additionally reacted with disbelief at first. “We figured she didn’t take a look at it proper, however then we heard folks within the background celebrating, it grew to become actual,” Janes’ husband instructed lottery officers, based on the discharge.

On the identical day, Janes picked up her sudden vacation prize, which got here out to $124,250 after taxes.

“That is so loopy,” she mentioned, based on the discharge. “I’m really blessed.”

Janes plans to make use of the winnings to repay her daughter’s pupil loans in addition to their automobiles.

And Janes isn’t the one winner: the comfort retailer the place the tickets have been offered will even obtain a $1,750 bonus.

The percentages of profitable the $175,000 prize within the “Hit the Jackpot” sport are simply 1 in 1.08 million, based on the Kentucky Lottery.

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