A woman from North Carolina, USA, accidentally won $2 million USD after buying the wrong ticket for a wrong drawing.
The woman missed a cutoff time by a single minute and accidentally bought a lottery ticket fro the wrong drawing.
This resulted in her winning $2 million.
Elizabeth Johnson of Lucama told North Carolina Education Lottery officials that she tried to buy a ticket for the May 19, 2021, Powerball drawing online.
However, she missed the cutoff time by one minute and bought a ticket for Saturday’s drawing instead.
Johnson said that she did not realise her mistake until she got a message saying that she had won $2 million.
Talking about the win, she said:
It was definitely a shock. When I got the message saying that I had won I thought, ‘Well, I didn’t even play tonight.’
She originally won $1 million, but because the 2x multiplier ball was drawn, she ended up with $2 million.
Johnson said that she will be using the money to buy a new house and use some to go on a vacation with her family.
She will be taking her kids to Disneyland as they have never been there.