March 7 (UPI) — A Washington woman said analyzing the habits of lottery winners from a reality TV show led to her winning her own $250,000 prize.
Spokane resident Shannon Fernandez told Washington’s Lottery officials she is an avid follower of the HGTV reality show My Lottery Dream Home, and she started paying attention to the stories of the winners featured in the series.
“The show just happens to profile a lot of people who win playing $10 scratch games, so I figured that should be the type of ticket I buy,” Fernandez said. “There was a sparkly new $10 ticket that caught my eye, and that’s the one I bought. Turned out I picked right!”…