Mom working at gas station finds $10, buys winning ticket

CNN ^ | May 20 | AP

[Muzzle_em]

NORTH CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- Kristina Schneider tried to persuade a customer at the BP station where she works to buy the last ticket on a roll of the Magnificent Millions lottery game.

"I always joke that the last ticket is the winning one, but he said he only had enough money for three tickets," Schneider said.

This time, her advice was no joke.

The single mother -- with nine maxed-out credit cards and $8,500 in debt for her associate's degree -- bought what turned out to a $1 million winning ticket with a $10 bill she found in the store Friday.

"I thought someone was playing a trick on me" when she found

[beckysueb]

Thats true. I think the judge ruled that since the customer had thrown it away it meant it was no longer her property. I’m a little fuzzy on the details.

[camle]

nine maxed out credit cards and 8500 in debt, my guess is that with money managing skils like this, she’d be worse off than before in a a rather short time.