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Couple Find $1.8M Winning Lotto Ticket Cleaning For Thanksgiving
A Louisiana couple found the winning jackpot ticket for a June 6 state lottery drawing while cleaning for Thanksgiving guests.
MANDEVILLE, LA — A Louisiana couple cleaning their home in anticipation of Thanksgiving guests found a winning jackpot lottery ticket just two weeks before it was set to expire.
According to a press release from the Louisiana Lottery, Harold and Tina Ehrenberg claimed the $1.8 million winning ticket for the June 6 Louisiana Lotto drawing. The couple claimed the prize on Nov. 19.
Tina Ehrenberg said she found a few lottery tickets on a nightstand that the couple hadn't checked. They couple soon found that one of the tickets matched all of the numbers listed on the lottery website.
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"We kept checking the numbers again and again!" Harold Ehrenberg said.
"Plus, I called the winning numbers hotline over and over," Tina Ehrenberg said.
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The couple claimed the prize with two weeks to go before the ticket expired, according to lottery officials.
The store that sold the winning ticket received a one-time selling bonus.
Harold and Tina Ehrenberg took home $1,274,313 after taxes.
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