Grandma buys 18 lottery tickets in Washington — then wins top prize on all of them
A grandma got lucky when she bought 18 lottery tickets in Washington and won the top prize on every single one.
The Yakima woman won a total of $180,000 after buying the Match 4 tickets at Wray’s Marketfresh Meadowbrook, Washington’s Lottery said in a Nov. 18 news release.
Each Match 4 ticket costs $2. Players pick four numbers between 1 and 24.
This woman decided to use her special numbers — a mix of her birthday and the day she got a “second chance at life,” she told lottery officials.
After getting her tickets, she ran some errands and picked up her grandchildren from school, then sat on the couch at her home to check her tickets, according to lottery officials.
She saw the winning numbers matched the ones she used, and she shrieked, the lottery office said.
Her granddaughter then double-checked her tickets and confirmed the numbers were right, officials said. The grandma won the top prize of $10,000 on all 18 tickets.
She claimed her prize at the Tri-Cities Regional Office.
Now, she has plans to share her money with her family, she told lottery officials.
This story was originally published November 19, 2024 at 8:36 AM with the headline "Grandma buys 18 lottery tickets in Washington — then wins top prize on all of them."
