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The Economic Times
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$2 million lottery winner, but she couldn’t celebrate: US woman discovers jackpot during lunch break, then goes back to work

Winning a $2 million lottery jackpot during a lunch break might sound like the perfect excuse to walk away from work for the day. But one Virginia woman did the opposite. The woman, who has chosen to remain anonymous, bought a $20 Platinum 7s scratch-off ticket during her lunch break after having what she described as a stressful day. She scratched the ticket at the store and discovered that she had won the game's top prize.

But there was one immediate problem, her lunch break was almost over.

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