Lottery player buys ticket days before her birthday. Then comes ‘life-changing’ prize
An Arkansas woman looked to celebrate her birthday with a lottery ticket.
Rather than buy a LOTTO ticket for the drawing on the day of her birthday, she purchased one a few days before using the same numbers her and her boyfriend have been using since December.
When the woman and her boyfriend scanned the ticket the day after the drawing, they found their numbers won them money. However, they didn’t know how much.
The couple expected to have won $500, but the prize was much larger.
For the Fayetteville resident, the money is “life-changing.” She won $25,000 in the March 20 drawing, lottery officials said.
“It was too good to be true,” she told lottery officials.
She plans to purchase a “much-needed” vehicle and pay bills with her winnings, according to lottery officials.
“This is a big happy birthday,” she said. “The timing could not have been better.”
Fayetteville is about a 200-mile drive northwest from Little Rock.
This story was originally published March 27, 2024 at 11:15 AM with the headline "Lottery player buys ticket days before her birthday. Then comes ‘life-changing’ prize."
