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Missouri Woman Thought She Won $100, But Really She Won $1 Million

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman who thought she had won $100 on the Powerball was a few zeros off — she won $1 million. When Nicole Argent, of St. Char...
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman who thought she had won $100 on the Powerball was a few zeros off — she won $1 million.

When Nicole Argent, of St. Charles, went to a local convenience store to cash in, workers turned the computer screen around to prove to her that she had miscalculated her success.

Argent went to a U-Gas store in St. Louis County on Oct. 19 to buy a Mega Millions ticket but arrived three minutes after the 8:59 p.m. cutoff. She settled for a couple of Powerball tickets for the Oct. 20 drawing.

She initially thought one of the tickets matched four white-ball numbers. It turned out she matched five white balls — 16, 54, 57, 62 and 69. She did not match the Powerball number, 23.

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