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The woman said she asked the clerk to read the last two digits of the serial number on the next ticket in the roll, and he answered "11."
She said she decided to put off buying the ticket because the numbers didn't have any personal meaning for her, but she checked back on the ensuing three days and each time the same ticket was still next up on the roll.
"I said, 'Give it to me. It must be waiting for me,'" the player said.
The ticket turned out to be a $50,000 winner.
The winner said she and her husband recently paid off their mortgage and booked an ocean cruise, so they have no immediate plans for their winnings.