Today's Pick Me Up is so cool. If you're someone who never plays the lottery or buys a scratch off ticket, maybe you should. A stay at home mom of two bought her first ever scratch off ticket and hit for $50,000!!! Nichole Balsoma stopped in a convenience store for an energy drink and on a whim, bought a $20 Instant Scratch Off. She had NEVER bought a scratch off ticket before. She went out to her car and started scratching it off and noticed she had matched the winning numbers on the first line of the ticket. She showed her fiancee and neither one of them could believe it. She went to the Lottery Office, and even when they told her, yep, she won the 50 grand, she still had a hard time believing it. The folks at the lottery office called Nichole a "lucky novice" I would agree!!! Nichole is going to use the money for a down payment on a house she wants to buy!
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