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A Kentucky woman Bring home the best gift Exchange gifts in his office.
Lori Janes, of Louisville, won $175,000 after winning a lottery ticket at her office holiday party. According to a news release from the Kentucky Lottery.
Janes, an officer manager and treatment coordinator at Harmon Dental Center, participated in a “white elephant” gift exchange at her office on Dec. 13. All gifts must be valued at $25 or less.
Another participant “stolen” a $25 TJ Maxx gift card Janes received The office manager, a frequent TJ Maxx shopper, was disappointed, according to the release. But according to gift exchange rules, she had to choose another gift — and she chose a colleague’s $25 in scratch-off ticket.
“Once I got it, it was done and mine to keep,” Janes said in the release. “At the time everyone told me to scratch them.”
First ticket wins Janes $50. But it was the second ticket that won him the big prize: $175,000.
The office was shocked by his win, according to the release.
“Everybody was going crazy. People were pulling out their calculators and double-checking,” Janes said in the release. “Some people even scanned tickets into the lottery app, just to make sure.”
“I couldn’t believe it,” she went on. “It was a $25 gift exchange, and I won $175,000!”
Her husband and children also reacted with disbelief at first. “We thought she didn’t see it right, but then we heard people celebrating in the background, it turned out to be real,” Jens’ husband told lottery officials, according to the release.
That same day, Janes picked up her unexpected vacation bonus, which came to $124,250 after taxes.
“It’s so crazy,” he said, according to the release. “I am truly blessed.”
Jens plans to use the winnings to pay off her daughter’s student loans as well as their cars.
And Jane’s isn’t the only winner: The convenience store where the ticket was sold will also receive a $1,750 bonus.
The odds of winning the $175,000 prize in the “Hit the Jackpot” game are only 1 in 1.08 million. According to the Kentucky Lottery.
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