Some routine cleansing led a 75-year-old girl to a six-figure successful lottery ticket.
Two months after the numbers have been drawn, whereas “going by papers,” a Springfield, Virginia girl discovered a forgotten Powerball ticket value $100,000. She claimed her prize on the Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore final week, the Virginia Lottery reported.
“That is great,” the girl mentioned upon gathering. “I’m simply blessed.”
The successful ticket was initially bought on July 19 throughout Powerball’s frenzied rise that hit $1.08 billion — and was gained that night by a single-ticket winner in California.
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The girl mentioned she picked numbers at random earlier than matching 4 and the Powerball, which secured the sport’s $50,000 third-tier prize. However she had additionally opted for the Energy Play with a 2X multiplier, which doubled her prize to $100,000. The successful numbers for the July 19 Powerball drawing have been 7, 10, 11, 13, and 24, with the Powerball quantity additionally 24.
She intends to deposit her windfall into her checking account and seek the advice of with relations.
The following Powerball drawing is Wednesday evening, September 27, with a jackpot of $835 million, the fourth-largest prize within the recreation’s historical past.