THE ‘WORLD’S luckiest woman’ won two million dollar jackpots in the space of a month after sticking to the same tactic.
Kenya Sloan, 40, from North Carolina, won a total of £2million pounds after buying scratchcards instead of playing the lottery.
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In August The McDonald’s manager scooped $1milion (£826,000) on a $10 Carolina Jackpot scratchcard – her first time playing the game.
Kenya said: “I saw the little money bag and I thought I maybe won $20, I was just stunned.”
But just a month later she won again, bagging $2million (£1.6million) on a $20 Diamond Dazzler scratchcard buying sticking to the same tactic.
Speaking about her big win to her local paper the Shelby Star, Kenya said: “I’ve been wanting to buy a house for like 15 years.
“I was like: ‘No way this happened again’, But it did.
“I told some of my family members and they couldn’t believe it either.”
Kenya is planning to use the cash to set herself up in the restaurant business as well as buy a plot of land to build a house.
When she arrived at lottery headquarters on Thursday to collect her prize, she decided to take the lump sum of $1.2million, which came out to $855,006 after taxes.
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As for her Carolina Jackpot ticket, she also took the lump sum of $600,000, which came out to $426,063 after taxes.
Bringing her total prize fund to $1,281,069 (£1,059,347).
She said: “I was just standing there in shock, I just feel blessed. That’s all I can say.”
Another mystery lottery winner also scooped nearly £13million after purchasing his ticket in the town of Luck, in Wisconsin.
Officials say the jackpot is the largest awarded lump sum in Wisconsin in the US since 2015.
The £13million jackpot was won through the state lottery’s Megabucks game, and was purchased in grocery shop Wayne’s Food Plus.
Store manager Paul Wondra also got lucky as he raked in £85,000 alone for simply selling the ticket.
He said: “We could not be happier for the winner. They truly got lucky in Luck.”
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