Lottery winner asked kids to 'double-check' $250k prize months after $50k win (2024)

ONE lucky gambler is twice a winner after her most recent take home of more than quadruple her first big prize.

Sherri Fowler of Washington DC snagged a $250,000 win on a scratch-off ticket - her second big prize in four months.

Previously, she won one of two $50,000 top prizes on a Win it All scratch-off ticket bought at a liquor store.

After her first win, she told the DC Lottery that it was her brother who inspired her to play.

"I'd buy tickets for him, and he'd win. So, I decided to get some for myself--and I won, too!"Fowler said.

For her first play, she only dished out $5 for the ticket.

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The odds of her winning the top prize on the Win it All game were 1 in 122,100, and despite being low, it seems those were her lucky odds.

The second time, she went to a Chevron just around the corner from the liquor store and purchased a Nothing But Cash scratch-off ticket.

Increasing the risk, Fowler dished out $20 for the ticket, and it paid off.

Right there in the store, she scratched off her second winning ticket, and could not believe her luck.

"I was at the store and started screaming. I couldn't believe it," Fowler told the DC Lottery.

Again, with 1 in 122,055 odds, she had won one of two top prizes offered in the game.

She turned to the people with her to make sure she was not seeing things.

"I had to ask my kids to double-check," said Fowler.

After her last win, she was ready, knowing exactly what she would do with the cash.

"I'm going to get a car this time," she said plainly.

I was at the store and started screaming. I couldn't believe it."

Sherri Fowler

Although still a large sum, Fowler will not be taking home the full $250,000.

At a rate of 8.5% for local tax and 24% taken out federally, she will have around $81,259 withheld from her prize.

But the approximate $168,750 take-home check will still be more than enough for the new vehicle Fowler's in the market for.

LESS THAN EXPECTED

Fowler is just one more in a long line of winners who end up taking home far less than expected.

John Stanhill, 46, got lucky on the500X The Cash game, winning a $1 million prize.

"This just couldn’t have happened at a better time!” John toldFlorida Lottery.

"I'm still freaking out."

The new father was excited to have a financial cushion ahead of the beginning of his family's growth.

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“We won the lottery – and then we won the lottery again with our beautiful, healthy baby boy!” he said.

He ended up taking home around two-thirds of what was expected after taxes at a total of $640,000.

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