LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WJW) — A 75-year-old Pennsylvania girl who simply completed most cancers remedy can also be celebrating one other large victory — profitable $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket.
Donna Osborne, a great-grandmother who lately wrapped up her final radiation remedy for breast most cancers, was planning to go to household in Florida together with her daughter, in keeping with Pennsylvania Lottery.
“The flight obtained delayed. Nicely, it was delayed so many instances, I made a decision to go house. My daughter stayed and flew to Florida,” Osborne instructed lottery officers.
Osborne then bought a “MONOPOLY™ Personal It All” scratch-off ticket from a Speedway fuel station in Leola, Pennsylvania. She checked the ticket within the car parking zone and couldn’t consider her eyes.
“I went again into the shop and mentioned, ‘Are you able to please verify this? Is it proper or incorrect?’ Nicely, the clerk mentioned, ‘It’s proper!’” she instructed lottery officers.
Pennsylvania Lottery officers introduced Osborne with a commemorative verify late final month.
The Lancaster County girl, who lottery officers say helps transport the Amish for a residing, doesn’t have plans to retire.
“I don’t know what I’d do with myself, I’ve to maintain transferring,” Osborne mentioned.
Relatively, she plans to journey to Alaska and make investments the remainder of her winnings.
Osborne additionally instructed lottery officers that the large prize got here simply in time for her birthday.
“We want Donna the perfect of birthdays as we rejoice her for profitable this large Scratch-Off prize,” mentioned Pennsylvania Secretary of Income Pat Browne. “Donna instructed us that she’s been enjoying the lottery for a very long time, and it’s due to gamers like her that the PA Lottery is ready to not solely create millionaires but in addition assist seniors dwell an excellent life.”
The Speedway the place the profitable ticket was offered can even obtain a $10,000 bonus, in keeping with Pennsylvania Lottery.
