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An elated Maryland Powerball winner even has the cameraman laughing with her as she celebrated her win from behind her giant $1 million check.
The joyful winner hit it big on the July 3 Powerball drawing but didn't even know she was Maryland's newest millionaire until a few days ago. The July 4 holiday came, life got busy and she simply forgot to check her numbers.
Just back from a long weekend family visit, the woman said she suddenly remembered having bought a few Powerball tickets at the High's store in Westminster before leaving town. "I was paying bills when I remembered the tickets," our cheerful winner told Maryland Lottery officials. She checked the results on the Lottery's website and was stunned. She had matched five of the six winning numbers, bringing her family a $1 million win.
"I couldn't believe it, it was so exciting, but I didn't know the prize for matching five of six at first," the married mother of two said. It was only after she returned to the website for payout details that the family celebration took off.
Happily employed in the medical field, this lucky woman enjoys her job and said the Powerball win will not lead to significant changes in her family's life. She won't leave her job, for example. "I won't be moving into a mansion," she added, laughing.
She and her husband will set up a college fund for the kids and buy a new vehicle. That thought set her off on a new round of laughter as she described her current vehicle's disintegrating interior. "Our truck is on its last wheels," she joked.
As for a family vacation, which is another treat many winners give their families, she and her husband had already saved up for a fitting trip to the "Happiest Place on Earth" next month.
"Now we won't have to worry about the 'extras' that make a vacation memorable," she said. "We'll be able to do all of them."
Maryland's newest millionaire found her Powerball luck at the High's convenience store at 27 Railroad Avenue in Westminster.
VIDEO: Try to not laugh along with her
great win.
grrat story.
your funny i seen your state Monkey Butt, USA they have a powder called that
Congrats to her spend wisely
OMG. She's the voice for The bride of Chucky.
I don't understand why she is laughing...
am sure thars the dozen and one reasons
not limited to listening to her patients and co-workers complain all the while trying to keep a straight face
my reckoning is she'll give her self away in a week and two
She must be a naturally happy person to laugh like that. I am happy for her and her family.
lol She sounds like the Virginia Lady luck lottery fairy. Seriously. No wonder she retired..and moved to Maryland.
Sounded stoned to my ears!
Pay to the order of LUCKY LAUGHER........$1000000.00. The joke is on the Maryland lottery.
I was thinking that when I watched the video yesterday on Yahoo! news
I was wondering about the typo.
Obviously she wanted to have her cake and eat it too. She is anonymous without being anonymous!!!. Hide in plain sight.
Right, the new anonymous is sitting behind the check and acting stupid?
I like wimmins who like to laugh all the time.
Most of my wives were always in a bad mood and yellin' stuff at me like "Where the hell were you last night?"
Who wants to be treated like that?
From now on I'm only marryin' happy wimmins that like to laugh all the time.
Shoot, I'd do it that way. Hide behind the check without my real name or face open to view.
Love her infectious laughter! I know she and her family will be laughing all the way around the Happiest Place on Earth, too. Enjoy the win!
Its the wedding ring that makes 'em yell and carry on like they is nuts.Next time you get married don't buy her a ring...I guarentee you she will quit talkin' to you altogether~;).
If you move to Utah you won't have to choose between the two kinds lol
Congratulation to the winner
Lol you soooooo crazy
Lol my hubby said even with my ring off I still fuss at him all the time even in my sleep
Theres a BIG difference between taking your ring off and not getting a ring when you marry your man.
maybe her last name is Laugher?
No matter how its spelled, she is a winner :)
Fun video. A tidy sum to win, laugher!
I'm glad to see a fellow Marylander win. She has done justice to the term "laughing all the way to the bank". Well done!!
lol lol lol lol
Yea until she sees the tax bill now and at the end of the year.
My ex used to laugh when I undressed in front of her.
i want what drugs shes on, o wait a nice win, yeah i want that,. she does seem deleriously happy.
rdgrnr said Most of my wives were always in a bad mood and yellin stuff at me
Maybe there's a connection to the different reactions
Thats funny lol
Always wait a few minutes after getting out of a cold pool.
She sounds drunk.
lol, good point. Here in Maryland, the motto is tax it to death whehter it's breathing or not!!
She's so lucky, good thing she remembered the ticket. I think she enjoys simple life because she prefers to stay in her job and her simple home instead of living in a mansion. Definitely now that they have enough money, they can enjoy the family vacation they deserve.
The win won't allow her much more than that. It's good that she realizes it's a nice little boost to her family's financial security versus an amount to go crazy on. Especially after the taxman cometh!
As for her giggling, some people get fits of giggles when they're happy-nervous. I'm like that sometimes (but not as loud). It can be embarrassing but I can't stop
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