A lady, who was accidentally pushed, touched a different button on a lotto vending machine and won a $10 million price.
LaQuedra Edwards stated that she deposited $40 in a California Lottery Scratchers vending machine at a Vons supermarket in Tarzana, Los Angeles, and was ready to choose a game.
However, a “rude person” pushed against her, causing her to choose a number she didn’t intend to choose, resulting in a $30 200X Scratchers ticket.
She said, “He just bumped into me, didn’t say a thing, and just walked out the door.”
Edwards remembers being angered by the push and spending 75 percent of the lotto money she had aside on a single ticket. She had intended to play the lower-cost games, as she often does.
She immediately returned to her car and started scratching the $30 ticket, discovering that she had won the top prize of $10 million.
“I didn’t really believe it at first, but I got on the 405 Freeway and kept looking down at (the ticket) and I almost crashed my car,” she said.
“I pulled over, looked at it again and again, scanned it with my (California Lottery mobile) app and I just kept thinking, ‘This can’t be right’.”
Edwards stated that she planned to use the money to purchase a house and establish a nonprofit organization.
She said, “I’m still in shock. All I remember saying once I found out how much I just won was, ‘I’m rich!’”