They say that unexpected events often lead to random instances of good luck, and for one Kansas couple who regularly plays the lottery, that definitely seems to be the case.
Michael and Virginia Owens plays 2by2 nearly every day. On this fateful day, however, the machine unexpectedly crumpled their ticket, rendering it unreadable.
"The clerk made the comment that tickets that don't print right are lucky," Michael Owens said. "Turns out they knew what they were talking about!"
After finishing her shopping, Virginia went home and went about her business as usual. The next time she went to the store, she checked her winnings with the clerk. She absentmindedly went about her shopping, never expecting that she and her husband would be the winners of $22,000.
"I went to the store, and before I started shopping, I thought I would check my tickets. When I checked my ticket, the machine said to take it to the clerk. I just assumed because it was wrinkled up, that it wasn't scanning right, she said.
After the clerk informed her of her winnings, Owens claims she was so flabbergasted that went straight home - completely forgetting about her groceries!
While this story is certainly heartwarming, the sad truth is that there are likely many similar ones that don't have such a a happy ending. Tickets get lost, eaten by machines, even sometimes stolen by unscrupulous convenience store workers.
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