Geraldine Gimblet, a Florida resident who had lost her entire life savings on her daughter’s cancer treatment, won a $2 million lottery jackpot the day after her daughter’s treatment was done.
Gimblet, a Lakeland resident, stopped at a petrol station in an attempt to buy a ticket for the crossword “$2,000,000 Bonus Cashword Scratch-Off game,” but the clerk informed him that they were all sold out.
Gimblet asked the employee to recheck rather than accept her loss.
According to a press release from the lottery, Gimblet remarked, “At first the petrol station clerk said no tickets were remaining, but I requested him to double check because I prefer the crossword games.” “He located the final one!”
In the game Cashword, players are given 20 letters and three different games. To win the cash prize indicated for each game and have the possibility to double it with the “MONEYBAG” symbol, they must match three or more words in each game with their letters.
Gimblet decided to accept a lump-sum payout of $1,645,000 after winning the game’s top prize, which, according to the lottery’s website, had a 1-in-3.9 million chance of being cashed in.
The family’s other good news that week was the completion of her daughter’s final breast cancer treatment, not just her personal lottery victory.
Gimblet’s daughter disclosed that her mother had used all of her life savings to pay for her care and treatment.
The day before my mother purchased this ticket, I finished my final round of treatment for breast cancer and rang the bell to leave the hospital, according to Gimblet’s daughter, who informed the lottery. “When I was ill, my mother spent her entire life savings on taking care of me. I’m simply so delighted for her!”
Gimblet travelled 260 miles with her daughter and granddaughter to the Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee, where they were joined for the payout by Reggie Dixon, the chief of staff of the lottery.
The Lakeland business Pipkin Road Beverage Castle, which sold the scratch-off, will get a $2,000 additional commission for selling the winner.
Early in March, a Virginian man struck it lucky again when he purchased two Powerball tickets, winning a cumulative $150,000.
