Jennygirl
04-24-2007, 09:59 AM
CONOVER, N.C. -- A customer wanted to buy a lottery ticket, but a clerk at a store in Conover, N.C., accidentally printed out an extra one.
The clerk, Wadburn Allen, spent the rest of the day trying to sell the duplicate Powerball ticket, but couldn't. So, she bought it.
The next day, Allen returned to the store and found that the ticket matched five numbers -- earning her a $200,000 jackpot.
When she went to Raleigh to claim her prize, she ran into the customer who purchased the original ticket. The customer also gets $200,000.
A lottery spokeswoman said, "They put two and two together and ended up hugging."
The clerk, Wadburn Allen, spent the rest of the day trying to sell the duplicate Powerball ticket, but couldn't. So, she bought it.
The next day, Allen returned to the store and found that the ticket matched five numbers -- earning her a $200,000 jackpot.
When she went to Raleigh to claim her prize, she ran into the customer who purchased the original ticket. The customer also gets $200,000.
A lottery spokeswoman said, "They put two and two together and ended up hugging."