Lottery winner sticks it to the haters
By Kate Northrop
MERCED, Calif. — A California woman is skipping to the bank and brushing aside the naysayers after winning a $1 million prize in the lottery.
One California resident is glad she didn't listen to the skeptics who questioned her lottery hobby, having won a $1 million prize on a scratch-off ticket.
Annette Lopez recalls blocking out the playful digs and teasing remarks from others about her love of the lottery. She decided she would not let the naysayers dampen her hopes and dreams of one day winning a million-dollar prize of her own.
"People would always say, 'I don't know why you keep playing. You're not going to win anything,'" Lopez told California Lottery officials with a laugh.
It was during a special shopping trip to Save Mart on West Olive Ave in Merced where her dream would finally come true.
"It was special because not only was it my sister's birthday, but it was also Mother's Day weekend," Lopez clarified. "I went to the store to get stuff for Mother's Day and decided to play."
She spotted the $10 "Power 10's" scratch-off game in the store, and one ticket purchase helped her come one step closer to her dream.
"At first, I wasn't sure I won," she continued. "I had to get my glasses. When I looked at it again, I started tripping out. It was the best Mother's Day!"
She wouldn't have to hear any skeptical comments anymore — she had won the game's $1 million top prize.
Lopez told the Lottery that merely talking about the win still makes her emotional, explaining that a huge prize won on a $10 investment helped change her life.
With Lopez's win, there is just one more remaining top prize of $1 million in the $10 "Power 10's" game out of the eight originally available. There are also 16 out of 42 second-tier prizes of $10,000 and 35 out of 84 third-tier prizes of $5,000 left to claim.
The odds of winning any prize in the game are 1 in 3.96.
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The "POWER" of positive thinking...
Congrats!
From random conversations, most of my colleagues think that playing the lottery is dumb.
So I never say that I play, and should I win the jackpot some day, I won't say I won either.
Fair enough.
Kate?..."Naysayers" & "Haters " iz sphelled wit a "z"
Anytime one gambles they are usually branded a degenerate gambler by those who don't bet. And the lucky few get redemption for Thier depraved behaviour
And now they probably want to borrow money.
"Could you lend me, 10K, will refund you next week"
How about you try your bank 🤣
Hmm. I guess I was wrong. Other states do redact the ticket information at the bottom. I wonder is it to prevent cheating from lottery clerks
That reminds me of Wimpy telling Popeye "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today".
No, redacting the numbers at the bottom of the winning lottery ticket is to prevent someone from online from stealing the money. All too many times, people have posted a photo of their winning lottery ticket online. Someone would scan the ticket with their phone and go cash in the ticket. People fail to realize if they want to post a photo of their winning ticket, make sure to cash it in first before posting it. This should be lottery 101
"People fail to realize if they want to post a photo of their winning ticket, make sure to cash it in first before posting it."
Ooor, Don't show the ticket'z BARCODE if you Post it..