An American became a millionaire after a ‘mistake’ in the lottery (Getty Images)
Josh Buster became a millionaire after a clerk misprinted his lottery tickets;
The American had asked for five games of random numbers;
The prize won was R$ 4.8 million.
American Josh Buster became a millionaire after a supermarket clerk misprinted his lottery tickets. The 40yearold man took home the $1 million prize the equivalent of R$4.8 million.
The case happened in West Burlington, Iowa. Josh had ordered five games using random numbers chosen by the system, but the clerk only made one game and then printed another ticket with four separate games.
“I feel like it changed the numbers I would have gotten if he played them all in one game instead of making that mistake,” the new millionaire said in an Iowa Lottery press release.
Despite his hopes in the bet, he did not consider himself a lucky man. So much so that when he found out he had been marked, he didn’t believe it. “Usually I’m unlucky so I figured it was a bug and they were going to find a bug. So I looked up the lottery numbers to make sure I had the right ones, and I did! And since then I’ve spent the rest of the day just waiting to wake up from a dream.”
The draw took place on April 15th as part of the Mega Millions draw.
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The American LaQuedra Edwards also scooped a jackpot due to a stroke of fate. She revealed to USA Today that she was at a supermarket vending machine to buy scratch cards when a man walked past her and pushed her. The situation caused her to inadvertently choose the most expensive ticket on offer, which cost $30.
Upset that she put $40 into the machine and didn’t buy as many tickets as she wanted because she had a habit of always buying the cheapest ones, LaQuedra went back to her car and scraped the oneway ticket out of her pocket Hand . Then the surprise: he had won 10 million dollars (R$ 46 million).
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“I didn’t really believe it at first, I went into the game [rua] 405 freeway and kept looking [o bilhete] and I almost crashed my car,” he said.
After this “nudge” toward happiness, LaQuedra intends to buy a home and start a nonprofit organization.