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AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — A woman stopped off at an Akron pub earlier this year never thinking she’d be a lucky winner that night.
According to the Ohio Lottery, the woman went to Ozzy’s Pub at 1390 Brittain Road and immediately had a “feeling that she should play the machine.”
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Putting $5 in for the EZ Play Lucky Numbers Lucky 5’s game, the gambling machine reportedly started saying “winner.” She told the Ohio Lottery she thought this meant she’d won $5,500.
In reality, she won the jackpot — $55,847. After taxes and and fees, the woman is taking home a little over $40,000.
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She told the lottery, the big win “lifted her spirits” as she’d been recently dealing with health problems. She said she plans to do some home repairs with the money and go out west to visit her brother…