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Woman Wins Lottery, Hands Out Gift Cards To Strangers At Grocery Store
"I believe in paying it forward," said the Louisville woman, who celebrated her win by handing out gift cards at random to Meijer shoppers.
LOUISVILLE, KY — A Louisville woman who won over $100,000 in the Kentucky Lottery saw her good luck as an opportunity to pay it forward.
Crystal Dunn won $146,351 playing the Banker Buster Jackpot Instant Play online game July 7, according to a lottery news release.
“I never thought I would win something like this, but this goes to show it can happen,” she said in the news release.
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Dunn received $103,909.73, after taxes. She deposited the money, and then stopped at Meijer, where she bought $2,000 in gift cards and gave them at random to shoppers in the store.
“I believe in paying it forward and I wanted to pass it along,” Dunn said in the news release.
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As for the rest of her winnings, she plans to put them toward buying a new car and paying off bills.
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