Clerk's mistake turns into $200,000 lottery win.

[edbermac]

A nice news story for a change; people are a little too grumpy in here for a Friday.

CONOVER, North Carolina (AP) -- A store clerk's slip-up at the cash register has paid off big time.

Wadburn Allen on Tuesday accidentally rang up two duplicate Powerball tickets for a customer in this western North Carolina town. At the end of the day, after she was unable to sell the second ticket, Allen paid for it herself.

The next day, Allen returned to the store and found the ticket matched all five numbers -- earning her a $200,000 jackpot.

When Allen went to Raleigh to claim her prize, she met the customer who purchased the original ticket. The customer also will receive a $200,000 jackpot.

"They put two and two together and ended up hugging," said Pam Walker, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Education Lottery. Allen hasn't yet decided how she will spend her money.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/20/lottery.mistake.ap/index.html

[KitchenWitch]

1. That is wonderful!

:)

[Parche]

2. powerball

And if she played it with 'Powerplay' (Extra $) they could have won up to 10times more..........

[wildhorses]

3. omg---

that is my neighbor :hide:


no shit ...i just read about it in the local paper

[Kutjara]

4. I'll bet the other winner is just delighted...

...that the clerk's mistake cut his/her $400,000 win in half (assuming there were no other entries with the same numbers).

[edbermac]

5. 5 out of 5 with no Powerball is a flat $200 grand.

So the other player didn't have to split their winnings.