Woman tries to prove lottery tickets are waste of money to husband – wins $1m
'I had to eat my words, but they were worth eating,' says Glenda Blackwell
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Your support makes all the difference.A woman has won $1 million (£819,000) after buying a scratch card to prove to her husband that lottery tickets were a waste of money.
Glenda Blackwell from Leicester in North Carolina was asked by her husband Buddy to buy two Powerball tickets, reports WPXI.
To prove what a waste of money the state lottery is, the 57-year-old ignored his request and bought a $10 (£8.20) Powerball scratch card for herself.
Ms Blackwell said: "I was going to be ugly and buy a scratch-off to show him they didn’t hit.
"Sometimes I get aggravated with him, so I tell him, 'You're just wasting your money'.
"I had to eat my words, but they were worth eating."
Due to health issues, Ms Blackwell decided to receive a lump sum $415,503 (£340,743) after taxes instead of receiving 20 yearly payments of $50,000 (£40,994).
She said she could not be sure she would live long enough to receive all the payments.
Ms Blackwell plans to buy a house with the money and set up college funds for her two granddaughters.
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