A woman playing the lottery in Maryland won $100 in a Scratch-Off ticket, but decided not to cash in the prize right away. However, she noticed something peculiar on the steps of her house: she found a penny face up. This coin would cause a great change in her life.
Driven by the belief that the penny was a symbol of good luck, the woman decided to redeem her lottery prize earlier than planned.
Seizing on that moment of inspiration, he bought a new ‘Cash is King’ game scratch-off ticket while collecting his prize and scratched it off once he got home.
“I almost forgot to use my penny. I had to stop scratching with the other coin and I grabbed my lucky penny,” the lottery player told officials.
At that moment, the woman realized that she had won a $2 million jackpot.
The winner attributes this achievement to her late father, who used to play the lottery frequently, she told authorities.
“We knew it was a penny fallen from heaven,” said the lucky winner.
The woman commented that her father always wanted to earn a lot of money to take care of his family. Now, she plans to fulfill that wish in honor of her father.
He also plans to use his prize to buy himself a new house and car.
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