IT WAS A BITTERSWEET WIN FOR KAREN KAUFMAN, AS SHE WON BIG ON A $1 MILLION SCRATCH OFF JUST AS HER HUSBAND OF NEARLY 31 YEARS WAS LOSING HIS BATTLE WITH THE BRAIN TUMOR, HE COULDN’T DO ANYTHING ANYMORE, AND MY DAUGHTER MOVED BACK HOME TO HELP ME TAKE CARE OF HIM, AND I WORKED EVERY DAY AND SHE WOULD WATCH HIM WHILE I WAS AT WORK, AND I’D COME HOME AND BUT AND THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE DAYS THAT I STOPPED AFTER WORK AND STOPPED HERE. AND GRABBED THE TICKET AND I SCRATCHED IT AND WON A MILLION DOLLARS. JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER WINNING THAT LIFE CHANGING SCRATCH OFF, HER HUSBAND PASSED AWAY. AND WHILE SHE SAYS HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY WERE SHOCKED BY THE WIN, SHE HAD BEEN TELLING HER HUSBAND FOR YEARS SHE WAS GOING TO WIN BIG. KAUFMAN ALREADY HAS SEVERAL PLANS FOR HOW SHE’LL SPEND THE MONEY. WE’RE GOING TO DISNEY. ANYTHING ELSE? UH, I’M PROBABLY MOVING SOUTH. YEAH. I DON’T WANT WINTER ANYMORE. SO THAT’S THE PLAN. AND GO DEEP SEA FISHING. KNOCK THAT OFF THE BUCKET LIST. TAKING THE GRANDSONS WITH ME. AND WHILE THIS IS KOFMAN’S BIGGEST LOTTERY WIN, IT IS NOT THE ONLY TIME SHE’S HAD LUCK HERE. SHE SAID SEVERAL YEARS AGO, SHE WON A FEW PRIZES AS A NICE TRIP AND EVEN A $65,000 SCRATCH OFF TICKET I
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‘It was heartbreaking, it was bittersweet’: Pennsylvania woman wins $1M in lottery 2 weeks before husband’s death
A woman won the million-dollar prize in the Pennsylvania Lottery as her husband was nearing death
Updated: 5:12 AM EDT Jun 15, 2024
A Pennsylvania woman on Thursday was officially given the $1 million lottery prize she won after buying a scratch-off game ticket in March.It was a bittersweet win for 61-year-old Karen Coffman, from Armstrong County. She won the million-dollar prize as her husband of almost 31 years was nearing the end of his life with a brain tumor.“I told you I was going to hit a million,” Coffman said she told her husband.She recalls that moment she told him about her win.“I don’t know if he understood that, because it was coming towards the end, and we knew it was coming,” Coffman said.Coffman was presented the commemorative check, surrounded by her daughter and grandchildren at the Freeport BP on Buffalo Street where she purchased the ticket.“It is now my pleasure to present you with a ceremonial check for $1 million in Pennsylvania,” said Allen Zieglar, a sales manager for the Pennsylvania Lottery.Now, she is making plans to check off a few bucket list items with her grandkids: Disney World, then deep-sea fishing.“(Fishing) was me and the husband’s thing. Then, I got my grandson started on it, and he fishes and I said, ‘let’s go deep-sea fishing,'” Coffman said.While this is Coffman’s biggest lottery win, it’s not the only time she’s had luck. She said she won a trip, some nice prizes, and $65,000 on a scratch-off several years ago.
A Pennsylvania woman on Thursday was officially given the $1 million lottery prize she won after buying a scratch-off game ticket in March.
It was a bittersweet win for 61-year-old Karen Coffman, from Armstrong County. She won the million-dollar prize as her husband of almost 31 years was nearing the end of his life with a brain tumor.
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“I told you I was going to hit a million,” Coffman said she told her husband.
She recalls that moment she told him about her win.
“I don’t know if he understood that, because it was coming towards the end, and we knew it was coming,” Coffman said.
Coffman was presented the commemorative check, surrounded by her daughter and grandchildren at the Freeport BP on Buffalo Street where she purchased the ticket.
“It is now my pleasure to present you with a ceremonial check for $1 million in Pennsylvania,” said Allen Zieglar, a sales manager for the Pennsylvania Lottery.
Now, she is making plans to check off a few bucket list items with her grandkids: Disney World, then deep-sea fishing.
“(Fishing) was me and the husband’s thing. Then, I got my grandson started on it, and he fishes and I said, ‘let’s go deep-sea fishing,'” Coffman said.
While this is Coffman’s biggest lottery win, it’s not the only time she’s had luck. She said she won a trip, some nice prizes, and $65,000 on a scratch-off several years ago.
