QUINCY, MASS. (WHDH) - A Quincy woman says she feeling lucky after she got a winning lottery ticket worth several hundred dollars. She says it all came from a chance encounter that woman says can teach a lesson about kindness.
Michele Paige is still blown away by an encounter she had several weeks ago while taking care of a garden located near a Quincy intersection. A hobby she has taken up since retiring.
“This gentleman who lives in the neighborhood, I guess his name is Bill, walked by and said you’re doing such a good deed,” Paige explained.
Moments later that mystery man pulled out a stack of lottery tickets and gave her one.
“He said, ‘Do you play the lottery?’ And I said, ‘Not really.’ And he said, Well, I’m going to give you this…’ And I said, ‘You’re giving this to me?”
Though she admits to knowing her way around a garden, “I don’t know anything about the lottery,” Paige said.
It took her two days to realize the man had given her a winning ticket.
“So, I was out to dinner with my mother-in-law and my sister-in -law…she said, ‘You won,” said Paige.
The winning ticket is worth $330. The chance encounter teaching a priceless lesson about kindness.
“It’s almost a miracle. I couldn’t believe it because I’m not a lottery player for one thing. I’d rather buy a dress,” she said.
Though Paige did not buy a dress with her winnings — she bought more plants for the garden.
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