Geraldine Gimblet claimed the top prize in a $2m scratch card lottery. But when she went to buy the card, the shop assistant told her they didn’t have any left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I asked him to double check because I like the crossword games the best. He found the last one!” she told Florida lottery officials in an account they published in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her daughter Lawrencina Jackson described the fortuitous timing. “The day before my mom bought this ticket, I rang the bell and walked out of the hospital after completing my last treatment for breast cancer,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My mom had taken out her life savings to take care of me when I was sick. I’m just so happy for her!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Gimblet told ABC’s Good Morning America putting her savings towards her daughter’s cancer treatment was an easy decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I really didn’t think about it. I just did what I had to do,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Gimblet was joined by her daughter and granddaughter when she collected the winnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As she chose to claim the prize as a lump sum, she will take home $1.6m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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