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Lottery mistake wins Ohio store clerk $250,000
John McGlothlen
Jun. 25, 2010 5:52 pm
NEW LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio store clerk's mistake when printing a Mega Millions lottery ticket has won her $250,000.
Naomi Mauller forgot to add an extra game to a customer's lottery ticket Tuesday night so she printed a new ticket and bought the flubbed ticket for $2.
Both her ticket and the new ticket were winners, bringing in a quarter million dollars for each ticketholder.
Mauller said she will to use the money to buy a car and pay off some debt. She met the other winner at the convenience store in New Lexington on Friday to celebrate. His name was not available.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
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