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Woman “accidentally” wins $2 million after buying ticket for wrong drawing

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.

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