Broken Windshield, Clerk Error Helps House Cleaner Win Jackpot

A broken windshield on her son's car turned out to be the lucky break she needed for an upstate New York house cleaner.

State lottery officials introduced 55-year-old Pamela Fitch of Mechanicville as the person who won $1 million on a Big Bucks instant ticket bought on January 8.

A self-employed house cleaner, Fitch, said she bought the ticket because she had to run to the store for her son after his car windshield broke.

While there, she decided to buy a Jumbo Bucks instant ticket, but the clerk handed her a Big Bucks ticket by mistake.

The grandmother of two said she decided to keep the Big Bucks ticket because her horoscope said she was going to win the lottery.

And wouldn't you know it -- she did. Fitch will receive $34,075 a year after taxes for the next 20 years.

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