4-H mom wins big prize!

This article was featured in the Port Townsend/ Jefferson County Leader newspaper - congratulations to Mary and the Turner family!

3/28/2011 8:31:00 PM

Port Townsend woman wins $250,000 in Mega Millions drawing

Ticket bought at Port Townsend QFC

Port Townsend’s Mary Turner is the latest big lottery winner in Jefferson County. Turner spent $10 on tickets and ended up with one that was worth $250,000 – before taxes, of course. Her lucky numbers were drawn March 25.

Port Townsend’s Mary Turner is the latest big lottery winner in Jefferson County. Turner spent $10 on tickets and ended up with one that was worth $250,000 – before taxes, of course. Her lucky numbers were drawn March 25. Submitted photo

When it's your lucky day, it's your lucky day.

A Port Townsend woman won $250,000 in the Washington State Lottery's Mega Millions drawing Friday, March 25.

Mary Turner spent $10 on tickets at the Port Townsend QFC with her daughter because they just “had a feeling” they were going to win.

“We don’t play [the lottery] very often,” said Turner in a press release from Washington State Lottery. “But we knew there was a big jackpot, and my daughter and I just felt we were going to win. Maybe not the big jackpot, but something.”

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