A woman in North Carolina has won USD 2 million playing the lottery while out shopping for biscuits.
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Amelia Estes, 51, of the city of Thomasville in Davidson County, in the US state of North Carolina, was out shopping for biscuits on a routine Saturday morning when she found out she had one USD 2 million (GBP 1.6 million).
Newsflash obtained s statement from the North Carolina Education Lottery on Thursday, 19th January, saying: “A routine Saturday morning stop for biscuits turned ‘surreal’ for Amelia Estes of Thomasville after a USD 20 [GBP 16.21] scratch-off purchase revealed a USD 2 million prize.”
Estes said: “I looked and looked and my hands just started shaking.”
She added: “It was surreal.”
The statement said: “Estes, 51, bought her lucky 100X The Cash ticket from Sam’s Mini Mart on West Green Drive in High Point. She bought the ticket after stopping at Biscuitville on Saturday [14th January].”
Estes said: “Something was just telling me to go get that ticket.”
The statement added: “She said she gave her mom the good news as soon as she got home.”
Estes explained: “I came into the house real quiet and I told my mom, ‘I think we’re millionaires.’”
She added: “She was already sitting down, thank goodness.”
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The lottery statement said: “When Estes arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday to collect her prize, she could choose to receive the prize as an annuity of USD 100,000 [GBP 81,015] over 20 years or a lump sum of USD 1.2 million [GBP 972,000].
“She chose the lump-sum amount of USD 1.2 million and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home USD 855,006 [GBP 691,905].”
Estes said: “We are going to plan for a comfortable retirement now.”