California woman chooses wrong lottery ticket because of "rude" person, wins $10 million

Comment #15

goldfish777 — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:21:21 GMT

Wow. I've been to that EXACT store when I lived there. Congratulations to her. I remember being at a grocery store vending machine and I put my money in and a man was trying to make conversation asking me which scratcher I was going to play and as he was pointing he accidentally pressed the button. It was MY money but we laughed and he put another $10 in the machine to reimburse me. He was embarrassed and walked away. I don't know if he won off that ticket or not. Lol

Comment #14

Artist77 — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 15:23:08 GMT

I like this story. At least it is original. People do push around the lottery machines that are typically near an entrance.

Comment #13

kao1632 — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 07:06:28 GMT

What they usually offer is a lower top prize value, but more of them.. Instead of 1x $10m they might offer 2x$5m (or 5x$2m, or 10x $1m). Sometimes they offer better payouts at lower levels... but punters aren't really interested in better second-nth prizes. They want the big one. And it is the value/ probability of winning the top prize that attracts people to the ticket.

Comment #12

rearea1930 — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 20:12:43 GMT

i would count the win as a blessing nudge bump

Comment #11

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:08:19 GMT

Very true. I've never been impressed with Tx scratch offs. I rarely play them, though I did drop $5 on a Trucks and Bucks ticket the other day. Loser. First scratch ticket I played in months. Likely the last one I'll play for a long time.

Comment #10

winterhug — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:00:49 GMT

I often wonder why some states offer a 10M or 20M top prize on a $30 scratch off when other states only offer 1M or 2M for their top prize on a $30 ticket. In Texas their $50 scratch offs only offer up to 5M.

I heard once where some state was going to offer a $100 scratch off. What would that top prize be, 10M

Comment #9

Mata Garbo — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 02:59:37 GMT

What a wonderful story. Sometimes the angels smile down on us in ways that we do not recognize at the time. Congrats to Ms. Edwards.....may she spend it wisely.

Comment #8

TheGameGrl — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 21:14:20 GMT

That's a push in the right direction ! :)

Had this scenario happen ...

Tossed in 20$, up comes little Johnny banging at the machine. His dear unattentive mom is throwing her groceries in her cart. I look down at this intruder. He is just slamming away at the buttons.

I was absolutely livid. The mom looks over...yells for little Johnny to stop bothering the old lady!

I was so ired. No winning tickets from that kids underage and not welcomed pounding. Yeah I get it that kids are... [ More ]

Comment #7

cottoneyedjoe — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:23:02 GMT

From what I understand, the CA lottery does review store security camera footage for large prize claims. I suppose they know by now if the story is fiction. Doesn't really change anything, does it

Comment #6

Tony Numbers — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:01:00 GMT

Sounds like a made up story, I want to review the video surveillance

Comment #5

Speler — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 18:32:28 GMT

That reminds me the words I heard: Do you want me to push you for good luck? .

Some simply do that, your hand is over a button, they push your hand down.

Similar exists in billiards. Someone ticks or pushes against your cue end. Foul! ...

Comment #4

MsBee18 — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 18:24:41 GMT

Maybe it was Lady Luck who bumped into her. Congratulations

Comment #3

Ranett — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 18:17:06 GMT

The lottery gods were smiling down on her that day.

Comment #2

Raven62 — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:30:35 GMT

Congrats to the Winner!

Divine Intervention: Bumped by an Angel

Comment #1

s5thomps — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 16:25:49 GMT

When you get a mistake...The mistake you must TAKE! Congrats to the winner

California woman chooses wrong lottery ticket because of "rude" person, wins $10 million

Lottery Post — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 16:20:41 GMT

Woman is millions richer thanks to a stranger's bad manners

By Kate Northrop

A rude person at a grocery store inadvertently helped a California woman win $10 million in the lottery after their bad manners caused her to select the wrong ticket.

There have been countless stories of people being persuaded to buy a different lottery ticket and winning but one player was literally pushed into purchasing a ticket she had no intention of buying and won a huge prize as a result.

In Nov... [ More ]