NJ Woman Finds Lottery Ticket Worth Nearly $500K Cleaning Her House

A New Jersey woman who was cleaning her house ended up with the surprise of her life.

Yokasta Boyer found an old lottery ticket while searching through some old paper and documents, and she asked her brother to the check the number on it, lottery officials said Thursday.

It was worth $472,271. And it was going to expire in just days.

Luckily, Boyer cashed the ticket in in time and ended up with a nice chunk of change. She said she'll use the money to "pay off her existing debts" but otherwise wasn't immediately sure of her plans.

"She said she works 60 hours a week now and during the Christmas holidays she works even more, so maybe now, thanks to her Lottery win, this coming holiday season she will be able to work less and have more time to relax and enjoy time with friends and family," a lottery press release said.

Boyer lives in Clifton in Passaic County and works two jobs. She bought a Jersey Cash 5 ticket at the Quick Mart located at 155 Lakeview Ave. in Clifton on April 14, 2015.

Tickets can only be claimed for one year after they are bought. She claimed the ticket on April 1, 2016.

Read more about her lucky encounter here.

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