As Crystal Dunn drove home from the Kentucky Lottery office with her check, “I thought, I want to share this with others in some way.” She stopped at her local Meijer grocery store and purchased 20 $100 gift cards and handed them out to random shoppers.
Moments after placing her bet, an unexpected message appeared on Dunn’s computer screen: “JACKPOT WINNER! $146,351.74.”
“A lot of people were in disbelief,” said Dunn, adding that many of the strangers asked to give her a hug. Despite her difficult upbringing, Dunn was determined to pave a better path forward. She put herself through college and found a stable job at the same health insurance company where she still works today.
Staff at Kentucky Lottery said they were touched by Dunn’s decision to share a portion of her pay-out with strangers.“It wasn’t like she won millions of dollars,” said Chip Polston, the senior vice president of communications for Kentucky Lottery. “She had the foresight to take $2,000 and just go make the day of 20 random people in this grocery store.”
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