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Article: Mega Millions winner claims $162 million prize: Woman who said she lost winning ticket gets lawyer
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 7, 2004
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CLEVELAND - A woman turned in the winning ticket for the $162
million Mega Millions multistate lottery jackpot, and it was not the
one who claimed she lost it, lottery officials said Tuesday.
Rebecca Jemison, a hospital worker of South Euclid, turned in the
ticket for the 11-state jackpot at Ohio Lottery headquarters in
downtown Cleveland. The lottery validated the sole winning ticket
Tuesday morning for the Dec. 30 drawing.
Elecia Battle, 40, had filed a police report saying she lost the
ticket last week. Police had said the Cleveland woman's story was
credible, but the Ohio Lottery said whoever turned in a valid ticket
was legally entitled to the winnings.
Jemison, 34, said at a news ...