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ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN FINDS TICKET IN DRAWER, WINS $200,000 NEW MEXICO LOTTERY PRIZE
December 9, 2011
An Albuquerque woman who found a misplaced Powerball ticket while cleaning house Wednesday claimed a $200,000 prize from the New Mexico Lottery.
On her quick-pick ticket for the game’s Nov. 19 drawing, Frances Dominguez matched the winning white ball numbers of 9, 16, 17, 28 and 30. She missed landing the night’s $60 million jackpot by not matching the winning red Powerball of 11.
Dominguez came across the ticket in a drawer where she empties her pockets before putting clothes in the laundry. She learned the ticket was worth $200,000 when she took it to lottery headquarters in Albuquerque.
“I started crying like crazy,” she said. “My legs felt like they didn’t want to hold me up.”
Dominguez said that before she spends any of the cash prize on herself, she will make a 10 percent donation to her church. Then the winner plans to pay off her home loan and splurge on a big Christmas for her children and grandchildren.
Dominguez’ lucky Powerball ticket came from Pump-N-Save No. 35 located at 4321 Coors Blvd. SW in Albuquerque. Previously, the store has sold 15 large prize-winning lottery tickets ranging between $1,000 and $25,000.
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