US EditionMillion-dollar lottery ticket was nearly thrown out, winner says
- Britnee Boot, a 31-year-old single mother of three, won $1 million from a $20 lottery scratch-off ticket in Pennsylvania after her children convinced her to buy it during a dinner outing after baseball practice.
- Boot was out to dinner with her three children, ages 9, 11, and 13, after baseball practice when they asked her to buy scratch-off tickets.
- Boot initially thought she was mistaken while scratching the ticket, but a waitress confirmed her win, exclaiming, "You just won a million dollars."
- Boot plans to invest a lot of the winnings, buy her children a house with their own rooms, buy something for other family members, and continue working, stating, "I'm going to put a lot of it away, and I like my job a little too much, I guess."
- Boot hopes the winnings will provide a better future for her children, who inspired the purchase, with Boot saying, "My kids egged me on, and somehow we got the lucky ones.
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