Wife Wins GH₵363k Lottery After Husband Gifted Her GH₵36 Ticket When She Was Sad
- A lucky woman has won a whopping GH₵363,088 ($50k) in lottery after her husband gifted her GH₵36 ($5) lottery ticket just to cheer her up
- The woman identified as Robyn Mejia received the gift from her husband in Maryland, USA but later discovered she won the top prize
- Mejia said the money will now help them to pay for a new house which they have been saving and planning for months
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A lucky wife received a gift of a lottery ticket from her husband and ended up winning the top prize.
Robyn Mejia, 39, got the ticket gift from her hubby when she was feeling down and it was meant to help cheer her up.
Source: UGC
It won the top prize
Mejia, who is a teacher in Maryland, USA was shocked when it was discovered that the ticket won a whopping GH₵363,088 ($50k).
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The ticket was bought at just GH₵36 ($5), but has made the lady and her family to hug headlines for their luck.
Reacting, the woman said in a report by Fox29:
"We have been saving money for a down payment on a house, thinking we would be ready by the end of the year. But now, we don’t have to wait!"
At first, they couldn't believe it so they scanned it more than once to be sure. She said in a story by CNN, quoting Maryland Lottery:
"My husband took the ticket to the store to scan it, just to be sure it was real. We also asked my brother-in-law to come over and scan it on the Maryland Lottery app."
A-Plus Flaunts Adorable Daughters In New Photo, Social Media Users React
Outspoken Ghanaian musician and political activist, Kwame Asare Obeng, known in public circles as Kwame A-Plus has put all his adorable daughters on display in a new photo.
The photo which is trending on social media saw A-Plus seated on what looked like a bed with his daughters.
The proud father and his daughters believed to be called Ama, Betty and Akua were all beaming with smiles as they posed for the photo.
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