A couple found a $ 1.8 million lottery ticket before Thanksgiving

A Louisiana couple had a lot to be grateful for this year!

While Harold and Tina Ehrenberg were cleaning around their house before the Thanksgiving holiday, the couple found a lottery ticket he had bought during the summer, but he had never checked – he worth more than a million dollars.

"We have family coming to town for Thanksgiving, so I was cleaning the house and I found some lottery tickets on my nightstand that we had not checked out," Tina said when the Couple went to Lottery headquarters on November 19, according to the newspaper. a liberation from the Louisiana lottery.

After finding the tickets, Tina said Today & # 39; hui that she remembered telling her husband, "You have to take a look at that.

"I handed him the note and said," I'll call the numbers and let me know what you think, "she added.

When they checked online, they discovered that their number did not qualify them just for a price but the $ 1.8 million – and as Harold and Tina investigated further, they realized the ticket was only two weeks away.

After tax, the lucky couple ended up returning home with $ 1,274,313.

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The ticket was purchased for the lottery draw of the Louisiana lottery on June 6th.

According to the Louisiana Lottery, all winners of draw style games have 180 days to claim their prize.

The ticket was purchased at the Metairie International Market – and the store received a one-time sales bonus of $ 17,948.07.

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So why are Harold and Tina planning to use their earnings?

"We do not intend to buy anything crazy or make big trips," said Tina.

Adding that the couple is just happy to be a winner, Harold commented, "The most fun will be to deposit this check!"