Accidental Lottery Winner

A recent mistake made by a store clerk in Lexington, Ohio, USA, bagged her a Mega Millions lottery prize of $250,000.

Naomi Mauller, aged 51, who works at the "Woolfe's Huff and Puff" mini mart made the error when she was printing a local customer's Mega Millions lottery ticket. He asked for a Kicker added to his game, but she forgot to include it. She printed him another ticket with the same numbers and the Kicker, and then bought the unwanted ticket for herself. When the lottery draw was made, Naomi and the customer scooped a quarter of a million dollars each!

A Lucky Mistake

"You can't cancel the Mega Millions ticket." Naomi explained, "So I thought, what the heck, I'll buy it. That was a mistake I'll never forget."

Well, mistake it may have been but she's certainly the richer for it. She realized she'd won only thanks to her boss, who called her at home to ask if she knew anything about two tickets with identical numbers which had come up trumps on the lottery draw. When she checked her numbers - 12, 17, 21, 23 and 30 - she realized she was a winner.

The Mysterious Customer

The name of Naomi's fellow Mega Millions winner hasn't been released, but we're told that he did come back to the store to meet Naomi again and celebrate their good fortune. We don't know what his plans are, but Naomi says she hopes to buy a "decent" car and pay off some debts. Naomi was lucky, but don't leave your luck to chance - buy a ticket today.