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SPRINGFIELD, Vt. --An 89-year-old woman who continues to work at Springfield Hospital thinks she'll pay off a car loan now that she's won a $2.175 million lottery prize.
Helen Jewitt-Emery chose 2 12 26 29 33 and 38 for Saturday's drawing and discovered on Monday that she'd won.
"I think I am going to wake up sometime soon," Jewitt-Emery said at lottery headquarters in Berlin when she claimed her prize. "I think I am very fortunate."
She bought her ticket at Jake's South Street Market, where she's been a regular for about eight years, and was treated to a ride to lottery headquarters by store owner Richard Jacobs, who had confirmed she had a winning ticket earlier in the day.
"She couldn't believe it until she put the ticket through," he said. "She was awestruck. I thought she was going to faint. It just took her a few minutes to get a hold of reality."
Jewitt-Emery chose to receive her prize in one lump sum of $1.28 million rather than 25 equal payments over 25 years, said Alan Yandow, Lottery Commission Executive Director Alan Yandow.
Jewitt-Emery said she would pay off some bills, including a big one she recently incurred. "First thing I am going to do is pay off a vehicle I just bought in May. That is going to take a good chunk," she said. Besides getting rid of the loan on her Ford Explorer, Jewitt-Emery said she might get herself a German shepard and possibly a small farm, the lottery commission said.
Jake's South Street Market also collects a $21,175 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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