Mistake helps woman win $100,000 Powerball prize
DETROIT – A Michigan woman accidentally purchased the wrong lottery ticket and the mistake ended up winning her $100,400, according to the Michigan Lottery.
Linda Keyanchuk, 64, of Westland, Michigan, wanted to purchase a multi-draw Powerball ticket online, but instead bought six Powerball tickets.
She matched the four white balls and the Powerball twice — 10-21-30-43-63 PB: 17 — in the Aug. 8 drawing, winning her two $50,000 prizes.
She also matched three numbers and the Powerball four times for an additional $400, according to the Michigan Lottery.
"I didn’t realize my mistake until the next afternoon when I logged in to my Lottery account and saw I had won more than $100,000," Keyanchuk told the Michigan Lottery.
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“It’s been a crazy week. I’ve logged in to my account every day to make sure I really did win," she said. "It’s been exciting thinking about what all of this money will mean for me!”
Keyanchuk collected her prize Wednesday and will use the money for a vacation and save the rest, according to the Michigan Lottery.
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