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Woman unaware she had $39 million lottery ticket in purse for weeks

Woman unaware she had $39 million lottery ticket in purse for weeks

By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT BERLIN — Lottery officials say a woman in Germany carried a winning ticket in her purse for weeks without realizing it was worth about $39 million. The 45-year-old woman was the sole winner of a draw June 9, having correctly guessed seven fields on a German lottery ticket, Lotto Bayern said Wednesday. It quoted the woman, who wasn't named, saying “I still get dizzy at the thought that I carelessly carried almost 33 million euros around in my purse for several weeks.” The mother of one had picked random numbers on the 1.20-euro…
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