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Dana Pniewski, of Stratford, claimed her prize on Wednesday, Nov. 9, Connecticut Lottery announced.
CT Lottery said Pniewski purchased two $2 Powerball tickets at Stratford Cigar & Smoke Shop in Stratford in order to enter the $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot drawing on Monday, Nov. 7.
In one of the tickets, she used her father's old roulette numbers.
When the winning numbers of 10 - 33 - 41 - 47 - 56 and Powerball 10 were announced, Pniewski realized she'd won a prize.
“I called home to double-check the winning numbers and got confused because I thought my own numbers were being repeated back to me," she told CT Lottery. "That’s when I realized I had matched four numbers and the Powerball—I won $50,000!”
Pniewski said the funds will be used to pay off her bills and the remaining money will be put away as an investment, the lottery said.
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