Bought lottery powerball ticket for the first time in life, won Rs 8 crore as prize

Some people's luck is so fast, what to say! A down-to-earth lady bought a Powerball ticket for the first time and won a prize of around Rs 8 crore.

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New York: A woman living in Michigan, US has won a prize of Rs 8 crore with her first Powerball lottery ticket.

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According to reports, this woman named Joni Thompson bought Powerball ticket for the first time this month

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The woman said she had never bought a Powerball ticket before, but because of the huge prize money, she bought one.

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Thompson said, 'I've never played Powerball before, but after seeing the jackpot of more than a billion dollars, I decided to buy a ticket too

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When the reward was announced, I saw a social media post that someone in Mecosta County had received a reward of $1 million (about Rs 8 crore).

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After that I went to the lottery site and checked my numbers, and I was overjoyed to know that I had won $1 million.

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N said that she would invest a part of the prize money in her new business and put the rest in a savings account

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