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Detroit teenager wins $613,000 jackpot with ticket gifted from friend

A Detroit teenager has won a $613,000 Lucky 7's jackpot with a ticket that was gifted to her by a friend. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
A Detroit teenager has won a $613,000 Lucky 7's jackpot with a ticket that was gifted to her by a friend. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

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Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A teenager in Detroit has won a $613,000 Lucky 7's Fast Money jackpot with a ticket that was gifted to her by a friend.

The ticket was purchased at a gas station on Van Dyke Road in Detroit while the young woman was out with her friend.

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"I was out with a friend, and he purchased a Lucky 7's Fast Cash ticket while we were at the gas station," the 19-year-old woman, who wished to remain anonymous, told lottery officials.

"He handed the ticket to me and said he bought it for me because he wanted to get me a little something as an early Christmas gift," she continued.

"We looked the ticket over together, and when we saw I'd won the jackpot, we stated screaming and jumping up and down," she said.

After winning the jackpot the woman visited Michigan Lottery headquarters to claim her prize.

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