A woman from the USA won GBP 82,932 on the lottery after having previously dreamed it would happen.
The lucky player, identified only as ‘Night Nurse’ from the community of Pikesville, in the city of Baltimore, Maryland State, USA, was headed home from work when she decided to stop at 7-Eleven #17118 at 1801 Reisterstown Road.
She then recalled a recent dream in which she bought a winning instant ticket and purchased a USD 30 (GBP 24.9) Lucky scratch-off and a USD 5 (GBP 4.15) Ravens X5 instant ticket.
The night nurse and her husband were reportedly planning a family trip at the time, so she claimed she was not able to buy her usual choice of lottery games.
She said in a statement obtained by Newsflash: “I just like the fun of it. Of course, you want to win. I never expected to win anything like this.”
But after she scratched the Ravens game first and realised it was not a winner, ‘Night Nurse’ stashed it away in order to scan it into her Lottery Rewards account later.
She then did the same with the other ticket and checked it for a win by scanning it at a nearby self-serve vending machine that told her to take it to the store clerk.
But when the clerk scanned the ticket, he told her to take it home and double-check it again the next morning.
The woman then immediately called her sleeping husband and told him that she thinks she just won a great deal of money, after which they checked the ticket together.
They were over the moon when they realised she just scored USD 100,000 (GBP 82,932), as she matched a winning number.
The husband reportedly said: “You really did win!”
At lottery headquarters, the couple revealed that the money will come in handy to pay for their daughter’s college tuition and get a new car.
Maryland Lottery said: “Picking up a little extra cash as well is her lucky 7-Eleven, which receives a bonus of USD 1,000 [GBP 830], equal to 1 per cent of the prize.
“The Lottery awards the bonus for selling a USD 100,000 [GBP 82,932] top-prize winning scratch-off.
“This game still has 34 USD 100,000 [GBP 82,932] top prizes remaining along with 19 USD 5,000 [GBP 4,153] prizes and others ranging from USD 30 {GBP 24.9] to USD 500 [GBP 415].
