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Ohio Clerk Finds $10, Buys $1M Ticket-
Kristina Schneider tried to persuade a customer at the BP station where she works to buy the last ticket on a roll of the Magnificent Millions lottery game.
"I always joke that the last ticket is the winning one, but he said he only had enough money for 3 tickets," Schneider said.
This time, her advice was no joke.
The single mother-with nine maxed out credit cards and $8,500 in debt for her associate's degree-bought what turned out to be a $1 million winning ticket with a $10 bill she found in the store Friday.
"I thought someone was playing a trick on me" when she found the sawbuck, she said.
After showing a customer that she did indeed have a winning ticket, she locked the store while she took a moment to be sick in the bathroom.
"I was numb. I still am," she said.
Schneider, 32, opted to take 20 yearly payments of $50,000, or $34,500 after taxes. "If I'd have taken a lump sum, I'd be broke again within five years," she said.
Kristina Schneider tried to persuade a customer at the BP station where she works to buy the last ticket on a roll of the Magnificent Millions lottery game.
"I always joke that the last ticket is the winning one, but he said he only had enough money for 3 tickets," Schneider said.
This time, her advice was no joke.
The single mother-with nine maxed out credit cards and $8,500 in debt for her associate's degree-bought what turned out to be a $1 million winning ticket with a $10 bill she found in the store Friday.
"I thought someone was playing a trick on me" when she found the sawbuck, she said.
After showing a customer that she did indeed have a winning ticket, she locked the store while she took a moment to be sick in the bathroom.
"I was numb. I still am," she said.
Schneider, 32, opted to take 20 yearly payments of $50,000, or $34,500 after taxes. "If I'd have taken a lump sum, I'd be broke again within five years," she said.
