Lotto winner used the same numbers for 16 years before scooping $264,419 jackpot
A LOTTO winner who used the same numbers for 16 years finally saw her perseverance pay off after she scooped the jackpot.
Lola Allen won $264,419 in the North Carolina lottery with a $1 Cash 5 ticket.
She told lotto officials there that she was "numb" with shock when she discovered her numbers had been drawn.
Retired teacher Lola said: "From the very beginning, I’ve been using the same numbers.
“They are my favorite numbers, so I stuck with them.
"When they all fell into place, I was in shock. I was numb.”
FORTUNE COOKIE
Lola was one of three winners who took home the cash prize at the end of last month.
The Sun reported last week on the army vet who won $4million on the lottery after he used the numbers from a fortune cookie.
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Gabriel Fierro, 60, bought the sweet treat while he was dining with his wife at the Red Bowl Asian Bistro in Charlotte,
Fierro received an email that he had won which left him “dumbfounded” and his wife thought it was a scam or April Fools Joke.
His big win comes after Laura Spears found a $3million prize in her spam email and almost missed out on winning the lottery jackpot.
SPAM ACCOUNT
Spears, of Oakland County, Michigan purchased a Mega Millions ticket for the December 31 drawing through the Michigan Lottery website.
She told : “I saw an ad on Facebook that the Mega Millions jackpot was getting pretty high, so I got on my account and bought a ticket.”
Spears constantly checked her account to see if any emails had come through before she found a message from Michigan Lottery in her spam folder.
She matched all five white balls for a prize worth $1million and also had the Megaplier which was worth three times the winning amount for a grand total of $3million.#
And one scratchcard player in Maryland scooped the jackpot prize for the third time in three years and bought all the winning tickets from the same shop.
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