Lucky Waitress Wins $21.5 Million Jackpot
A full-time waitress from New York has received the biggest “tip” of her life. Patricia Eisel, a single mom from Long Beach, NY, hit the $21.5 million Lotto jackpot on January 5, 2011. Patricia had been working at a local bar for over 10 years. Now, she's a mutli-millionaire.
It was all coincidence, she told reporters. Patricia was supposed to be in Ireland at the time that she bought the winning ticket. But because of the December snow storm, she was at home and purchased the ticket on a whim.
- Winner Snapshot
Patricia Eisel Location: Long Beach, NY
Age: 40
Job: Waitress
Family: 3 kids
Tickets bought for the drawing: 1
- How Much She Won:
$21,000,000
- What She'll Do with the Money:
Patricia told reporters that the first thing she'll do is visit her mother in Ireland to surprise her with the news. She also plans to buy a new home for her family.
- Quote:
“I’m hoping to go back [to work] for a little bit. I’m going to be a full-time mom but I don’t want my customers to think that I left because I’ve done this. I just want to be there because they are family. They embraced me when I was there 10 years ago. I’m still going to be me.”
Source: http://www.liherald.com
Patricia choose to take the one-time lump sum option for $11.9 million in cash.
The winning numbers for the Lotto were: 4, 6, 11, 18, 20, 33. Interestingly, two of those numbers are the same as Patricia's birthday and her son's birthday.
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