How sweet it is: Ohio clerk finds $10, buys $1M ticket

[Horse with no Name]

I love to hear stories where a person in need wins something.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_LUCKY_CASHIER?SITE=TXDAM&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOME
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NORTH CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- Kristina Schneider tried to persuade a customer at the BP station where she works to buy the last ticket on a roll of the Magnificent Millions lottery game.

"I always joke that the last ticket is the winning one, but he said he only had enough money for three tickets," Schneider said.

This time, her advice was no joke.

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The single mother - with nine maxed out credit cards and $8,500 in debt for her associate's degree - bought what turned out to be a $1 million winning ticket with a $10 bill she found in the store Friday.

"I thought someone was playing a trick on me" when she found the sawbuck, she said.

[patricia92243]

1. I hope she doesn't run into any road-block with that because she is an employee of the store. I'm a...

afraid we have not heard the end of this story :(

[flamin lib]

2. See, private investment for your retirement works. Who needs Social Security? nt