Photo: Getty Images
On February 5th, Becky Bell, a supply chain analyst for Boeing in Washington state, saw that the Powerball jackpot was at $747-million and took it as a sign.
Boeing had just delivered its last ever 747 jumbo jets that week, so she figured she should pick up an extra ticket for that week's lotto game. It’s a good thing that she had that thought, because that ticket ended up being the sole winning ticket of the fifth largest jackpot in Powerball history.
Bell had been playing the lotto regularly and had never won more than $20, so she was surprised and pleased when she scanned her ticket and found out she was a winner. “I scanned my first ticket and it wasn’t a winner,” she recalls. “Then I scanned the second ticket and it said ‘Winning ticket. Claim at Lottery Office.’ So, I knew I had won at least $600.”
After collecting her winnings, Bell immediately started helping those around her by paying off debts and donating to help them financially. “I will be sure to keep on sharing the love through giving and being happy,” Bell writes on social media. “I give and share this money that the Universe has sent me and which I have attracted through being grateful every single day.”
Source: Inside Edition