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What Are The Odds? Woman Claims 2 Lottery Prizes On Same Day

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — She knows how to pick a winner.

Local media report that Kimberly Morris of Wake Forest scratched off two North Carolina lottery tickets on Monday, winning $1 million on one of the tickets and $10,000 with another.

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Morris thought things were going well when she bought a ticket at a grocery store Monday afternoon and scratched off the $10,000 prize.

She went to the lottery headquarters in Raleigh to claim her prize.

On the way home, she stopped and bought another ticket, and bingo! It was worth $1 million.

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She chose to take the lump sum on the $1 million ticket, which was worth $417,012 after taxes.

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