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A Louisville woman is celebrating after hitting the $175,000 jackpot on a scratch-off ticket at a company holiday party.
Lori Janes, who works at a Dental Center as an office manager and treatment coordinator, was participating in a white elephant gift exchange Tuesday with her coworkers when someone "stole" a $25 TJ Maxx gift card she had received, according to the Kentucky lottery.
While Janes was initially disappointed, she then chose $25 in scratch-off tickets from someone else. With everyone sitting around the room, Lori began to scratch the tickets off. She won $50 on the first ticket and proceeded to scratch off the second one, winning the game’s $175,000 top prize.