A lady winning $30,000 in the lottery was only one number away from winning the grand prize.
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her ticket coinci
ded with four of the first five numbers drawn in the Mega Millions drawing plus a "gold Megaball" number
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The likelihood of
this match occurring was one in 931,001
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the Upstate woman only needed one more number to be matched in order to take home the $830 million jackpot.
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She claimed, thou
gh, that she was still content with her $30,000 prize.
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she remarked, "It
was breathtaking." But there was a little moment of "Dang, I was so near."
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She admitted to rarely playing the lottery and never expecting to win
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The woman bought her ticket at a Power Trac convenience station in We
stminster, NW Columbia.
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A commission was paid to the retailer for "selling the claimed ticket
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