Clerk's mistake earns Va. woman $2M lottery prize

Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A Virginia woman scored a $2 million lottery prize thanks to a store clerk who mistakenly gave her the wrong ticket.

Carrollton resident Kelly Lindsay told Virginia Lottery officials she was initially unhappy when a clerk at Race Way Carrollton on Carrollton Boulevard handed her a Money Blitz scratch-off ticket instead of the ticket she wanted.

Linsday took the ticket out to the parking lot and scratched it off, revealing a $2 million top prize.

"And I got over not being happy about it," Lindsay said.

Lindsay chose to receive her prize as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,250,000 before taxes.