A grandmother who just finished breast cancer treatment has won £4m on a lottery scratchcard.
Donna Osborne, 76, bought her winning ticket from a service station after a delayed flight prompted her to give up, leave the airport and drive home.
She purchased the £39 ($50) Monopoly Own It All scratchcard at a break stop and won £3.95m ($5m), as reported by What’s the Jam.
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Osborne, from Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, US, explained: “I was at the airport with my daughter.
“We were on our way to see family in Florida when the flight got delayed.
“It was delayed so many times, I decided to go home.
“My daughter stayed and flew to Florida.”
Donna, who just finished radiation treatment for breast cancer, added: “If I didn’t leave the airport, I would have never bought that ticket.”
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She stopped at the Speedway petrol station on Oregon Pike in Leola.
Donna scratched off the card in the car park and “couldn’t believe her eyes”.
She told Pennsylvania Lottery: “I went back into the store and said – can you please check this? Is it right or wrong?’
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“Well, the clerk said ‘it’s right’.”
Osborne, who has great-grandchildren, said she has not plans of retiring from her work providing transport for members of the Amish community.
She added: “I don’t know what I’d do with myself, I have to keep moving.
“I think I’ll invest some of the prize, sure, but then go to Alaska!”
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