BELLE VERNON \u2013 Brittnee Boot says it hasn\u2019t quite sunk in yet that she won a million dollars on a Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off ticket. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s actually still computing,\u201d the single mother of three from Fayette County said Thursday evening after a ceremonial check presentation at Foster House II, where she bought the $20 – $1,000,000 Winnings ticket. \u201cI still can\u2019t believe it. It\u2019s actually really exciting. I\u2019m that one person that\u2019s like one in a million. Nothing good ever happens to this person. It feels great.\u201d <\/p>\n
Eric Grubbs, Pennsylvania Lottery deputy executive director of sale and retail operations, presented Boot with the ceremonial check at the Belle Vernon sports bar.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been with the Lottery for 36 years and this is one of the best parts of the job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Boot, 31, said she and her kids went to Foster House II on March 19 for dinner. She said she occasionally purchases scratch-off tickets but rarely buys $20 tickets. The most she ever won, she said, was $30 or $40.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy kids were egging me on to get some scratch-off tickets,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I saw that the numbers matched perfectly, I was so excited. My kids were jumping for joy. I actually bought tickets earlier in the day and thought I was done with scratch-offs for a while. \u2026 It just so happens there was a guy standing there and my son said, \u2018Let\u2019s buy the same ones he did.\u2019 So, we did, and we got the lucky ones. He didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boot intends to buy a new home with a portion of her winnings so her three children, ranging in age 9 to 13, can have their own bedrooms. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s all they really asked for,\u201d Boot said. \u201cMy kids don\u2019t ask for a lot of things. My boys have shared a room all of their lives so they can be separated.\u201d <\/p>\n
She plans to continue working as a title clerk at C. Harper car dealership.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to put a lot (of the money) away,\u201d Boot said. \u201cI like my job a little too much, I guess.\u201d <\/p>\n
Thursday was also the birthday of her older sister, Lawra Holmes.<\/p>\n
Boot wanted to give her sister half of the money, but she said she wanted just one thing. <\/p>\n
\u201cI can finally buy her the mini donkey that she wants,\u201d Boot said. \u201cThe only person that\u2019s ever really been there for me is my sister. As long as I can get her her donkey. I want one too now.\u201d <\/p>\n
For selling the winning ticket, Foster House II will receive a $5,000 bonus<\/p>\n
Theresa Bashada, who co-owns the sports bar with her husband, David, said this is the first time their business sold a winning ticket of that amount. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so happy that somebody who is deserving of it can change the lives of her children,\u201d Theresa Bashada said. <\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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