46-year-old housewife and mother of two children Oksana Zaharova from the city of Edgewater, state of new Jersey, was in the store in Manhattan and decided to buy a lottery ticket for one dollar.
By mistake the woman was given a ticket for $ 10, but this error, most likely, was the happiest in her life when she discovered that he had won 5 million.
«When the seller gave me the wrong ticket, I suddenly got sick, so I decided I’ll buy it and go away,» said the lucky New York Lottery. «A couple of weeks I used it as a bookmark in the book before I decided to erase the protective coating».
The woman, according to her, was skeptical even when I saw that I won. «I never win anything. I was sure that it was a fake until then, until they came to the lottery office».
The main prize, which was won by Oksana — Set For Life — guarantees a minimum payment of $ 5 million that will be paid within 20 years. The woman said that will definitely suit for a family vacation in the Bahamas, but the main thing she is happy that her children can study in a good College.
The winning ticket was bought in «Trisha Convenience» on Dyckman Street in Manhattan.
According to representatives of the lottery in new York, Oksana Zakharova – 88-the manwho won a million or more in Lottery New York in 2017.
We will remind, recently similar prize was awarded to a 55-year-old resident Farmingville.
Source: New York Lottery
