Woman "steals" lottery ticket during white elephant gift exchange and wins $175,000 jackpot
· Dec 19, 2022 · NottheBee.com

The bar has been set pretty high for next year's office Christmas party at the Harmon Dental Center in Louisville, Kentucky after office manager Lori Janes won a $175,000 jackpot during a $25 gift exchange.

During a friendly white elephant gift swap where people can steal other people's gifts, Janes was reportedly upset after someone stole a $25 TJMaxx gift card from her during the gift swap.

Her disappointment didn't last long.

She nabbed the $25 scratch-off lottery ticket and went home $175,000 richer.

The first ticket she scratched off was $50, but the second was the jackpot. Janes told WFLA that when she scratched it off,

Everyone was going insane. People were getting their calculators out and double-checking. A couple of people even scanned the ticket on the lottery's app, just to make sure.

Janes told the Kentucky Lottery that she plans to use the money to pay off their car payments and her daughter's student loans!


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