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Lottery player buys ticket days before her birthday. Then comes ‘life-changing’ prize

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An Arkansas woman won a “life-changing” prize days before her birthday. She plans to pay bills and buy a vehicle with the winnings. 

An Arkansas woman won a “life-changing” prize days before her birthday. She plans to pay bills and buy a vehicle with the winnings. 

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An Arkansas woman looked to celebrate her birthday with a lottery ticket.

Rather than buy a LOTTO ticket for the drawing on the day of her birthday, she purchased one a few days before using the same numbers her and her boyfriend have been using since December.

When the woman and her boyfriend scanned the ticket the day after the drawing, they found their numbers won them money. However, they didn’t know how much.

The couple expected to have won $500, but the prize was much larger.

For the Fayetteville resident, the money is “life-changing.” She won $25,000 in the March 20 drawing, lottery officials said.

“It was too good to be true,” she told lottery officials.

She plans to purchase a “much-needed” vehicle and pay bills with her winnings, according to lottery officials.

“This is a big happy birthday,” she said. “The timing could not have been better.”

Fayetteville is about a 200-mile drive northwest from Little Rock.

Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.

If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.

Kate Linderman covers real-time news for McClatchy. Previously, she was an audience editor at the Chicago Tribune and a freelance reporter. Kate is a graduate of DePaul University where she studied journalism and legal and public affairs communication.

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