The Woman Who Lost Her Lottery Ticket — and Still Won

In 2018, a woman named Marie Holmes from North Carolina won $188 million in the Powerball lottery. But here’s the twist — it wasn’t her first time almost winning.

A year earlier, she had lost her ticket in a laundromat.

The next day, the winning numbers were announced — her numbers.

She cried, swore off playing forever… and then, on a random whim, bought another ticket the next year.

Same gas station. Same numbers.

She won.

And when reporters asked what she’d do first, she said:

“Buy a new washing machine.”