Clerk Accidentally Rings Up $200,000 Winning Lotto Ticket

[mrtonguetwista]

CONOVER, North Carolina (AP) -- A store clerk's slip-up at the cash register has paid off big time.

Wadburn Allen on Tuesday accidentally rang up two duplicate Powerball tickets for a customer in this western North Carolina town. At the end of the day, after she was unable to sell the second ticket, Allen paid for it herself.

The next day, Allen returned to the store and found the ticket matched all five numbers -- earning her a $200,000 jackpot.

When Allen went to Raleigh to claim her prize, she met the customer who purchased the original ticket. The customer also will receive a $200,000 jackpot.

"They put two and two together and ended up hugging," said Pam Walker, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Education Lottery. Allen hasn't yet decided how she will spend her money.

 

[Arson]

damn bet the person two cheap to pay for fate, feels like a tool now.

 

[caff]

wow

 

[|GOD|||ZILLA|]

it would have been hella funny .. if she sold it.. lucky beezy.

 

[LaKeRzz8]

If a duplicate ticket wasn't there and only one person would have won they woulda gotten 400k right? That customer must be mad lol

 

[CcytzO_Loc]

^yeah thas what i was thinkin.....

 

[V]

the money was commin to her I guess...customer prolly feels stupid tho

 

[DCKingPin]

fuck "hug" thats 200000

 

[CcytzO_Loc]

wait a minute though....i thought any lotto retailer/vendors an their employees arent allowed to win the lotto????

 

[KOOL_AID]

yeah i thought that 2 wonder if it mattered that she waz already off or sumthin

 

[Hihlosis]

crazy shit....................

 

[m1c510]

now thats a story she can tell for the rest of her life.

 

[stressn]

wait a minute though....i thought any lotto retailer/vendors an their employees arent allowed to win the lotto????

thats what i always thought, but maybe im thinking about them mcdonald employees not being able to play the monopoly game..

 

[Cheaptimes]

wait a minute though....i thought any lotto retailer/vendors an their employees arent allowed to win the lotto????

thats all convience store employees do, play the lotto and various scratchers on the clock

 

[1OLB4]

wait a minute though....i thought any lotto retailer/vendors an their employees arent allowed to win the lotto????

I WOULDN'T THINK SO. JUST CAUSE YOU WORK FOR SOME RANDOM ASS STORE.LUCKY BITCH ANY WAY

 

[Y-S]

$200,000 ain't shit, though

Well i mean it is a good cash, but still lol

 

[CcytzO_Loc]

^especially since taxes gonna take like 40% of that shit....you could pay off most of your house if your luccy..and that would be about it......i would have to invest it in a business so i could make more money.....

 

[up2nogood]

@ys...you trip'n...200,000 is a lot of money...i'd love to win 200,000, shit i'd be happy even if i won 20,000 or fuck it 5000...matterfact i'd be happy if i won 500 dollars...

 

[CcytzO_Loc]

yeah id be happy but it would just be a taste of the pie and you could lose it all quiccly.....majority of lotto winners end up bankrupt......if millions aint enough for some folks then 200,000 aint shit....

 

[iam37one]

wait a minute though....i thought any lotto retailer/vendors an their employees arent allowed to win the lotto????

That's true if pepsi is having a contest. Employees of pepsi and their family can't win. But the lottery is a state thing. Anybody in the state can win.