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She forgot her ticket but went from debt to $135,000 richer: one woman's bonus lottery win

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Imagine you're on your usual route home from work, tired but ready to whip up some dinner.

This is what M.B., an anonymous winner, master electrician and mom from Lynnwood, did one seemingly ordinary day.

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She stopped by her local Fred Meyer for groceries and, on a whim, bought a HIT 5 lottery ticket from a machine.

Busy with life, she shoved the ticket in her bag and forgot about it.

Fast forward a few months, and her husband nudges her to check that old lottery ticket.

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Following his suggestion, she scanned it at the same Lottery vending machine.

To her astonishment, the machine didn't just congratulate her; it told her to see the lottery's regional office.

Why? Because she hadn't just won a few bucks. She had won a whopping $135,000!

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Her husband and son couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the confirmation.

That one forgotten ticket turned out to be a golden ticket for M.B., wiping out her debt and making her debt-free.

Now, if you're not familiar with HIT 5, it's a game from Washington State where you pay a dollar to play.

You pick five numbers (or let the computer choose for you) out of 42. If your numbers match the winning numbers, you win cash.

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The more numbers you match, the bigger your prize.

And for M.B, when all her numbers matched, landing her that life-changing prize, it proved sometimes the best surprises come when we least expect them.


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