Ahhhhh! I love heartwarming stories where simple errors turn into life-changing events. Last week, a store clerk sold a lottery ticket to a customer but forgot to add an extra game to the ticket. As a result, she had to reprint a new ticket and buy the $2 dud ticket herself. And here’s the good bit: Naomi Mauller was stunned to find that her mistake earned her ticket and its twin $250,000 each! Mauller’s boss called her early at home and told her that two numbers at the store at hit, and that they had twin numbers, except for an extra number on one of them. “My wheels started rolling and I thought, oh my God, I bought the ticket a customer didn’t want. I told Mike, and he said to get down to the store and check the numbers. And when I did, it was a winner,” recalled an ecstatic Mauller.
And I’ll end off with a letter written by an unhappy lottery player:
Dear State Lottery Commission:
I know I chose the winning numbers for Wednesday’s Lotto drawing.
But upon further review, it appears the incorrect numbers appeared on my ticket. How could this happen? The root cause of this dilemma is the form I filled out to get my ticket. The form is very confusing. I thought I was choosing one set of numbers, (the winning numbers), when in reality I chose a completely different set of numbers. The numbers and boxes on the form are so close together, it’s impossible to determine which box to fill in for which number.
I checked with at least 3,000 other people, and they all had the exact same problem. I’m sure if you review the form I filled out, it will become very clear that I’m entitled to the money from Wednesday’s drawing.
Please reply with the date, time, and location, for me to collect the winnings due to me.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
