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Charlotte woman wins $1 million off Powerball ticket

By WSOCTV.com News Staff
A woman’s husband thought she was going to tell him she was pregnant but she actually had to tell him that she won $2 million in the Kentucky Lottery Powerball on Oct. 4.
‘He thought I was going to tell him I was pregnant’ instead she won $2 million A woman’s husband thought she was going to tell him she was pregnant but she actually had to tell him that she won $2 million in the Kentucky Lottery Powerball on Oct. 4. (LPETTET/Getty Images)
By WSOCTV.com News Staff

CHARLOTTE — A Charlotte woman took a chance on a Powerball ticket and is now a millionaire.

Rosalind Rivers, of Charlotte, bought a $2 ticket at the Food Mart on The Plaza. The ticket matched all five white balls in the Oct. 21 drawing. The odds to win were 1 in 292 million.

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Rivers got her prize on Monday and took home $712,501 after taxes were taken out.

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