Woman Who Let Powerball Winner Go Ahead of Her Has No Regrets

[Tony_FLADEM]

When Gloria C. Mackenzie claimed her $590.5 million Powerball jackpot, she released a statement revealing that another woman "was kind enough" to allow her to cut in line when she purchased the winning ticket.

That woman, Mindy Crandell, 34, is not upset that her charitable gesture likely cost her an enormous fortune and says "things are meant to be for a reason."

Crandell, of Zephyrhills, Fla., was in line to purchase lottery tickets in Publix on May 18 while tending to one of her two daughters when Mackenzie, 84, stepped in front of her.

"My 10-year-old said, 'Mom, There's a lady in front of us.' I noticed that the lady was there. Didn't pay a lot of mind to it," Crandall said.

The lady at the counter stopped Mackenzie to allow Crandell to reclaim her spot in line. Crandell declined the offer and told Mackenzie "go ahead. " It was a move that could have potentially cost the Crandells the $590.5 million Powerball ticket. Mackenzie purchased one Quick Pick ticket and left the store.

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[Riley18]

1. The old saying is true again: No good deed goes unpunished

I would like to know if Gloria gives her any money. My prediction would be that she won't give her a second thought.

[Lugnut]

2. I couldn't do that.

If I knew the identity of that kind woman I would share some of the winnings.

[ladjf]

3. If the ticket printer is driven by a number randomizing routine, the numbers would be changed

many times per second. In that case, the lady who gave up her place in line probably wouldn't have gotten the winning number.

On the other hand, the tickets might be simply distributed from a preprinted roll, meaning that she would have received the winning number.

[Jenoch]

4. Your first assumtion is correct.

This is a story that a reporter in Florida started and it took off from there. The electronics in the Powerball terminal is a randomizer tgat is hooked up to the network of terminals. Each fraction of a second would make it so the rwmdom numbers would not be the same. Those winning Powerball numbers were not just sitting in the terminal waiting for the next quickpick ticket to be printed.

[Lint Head]

5. The number picks are random and there is no guarantee the same numbers would have come up for the

person who let her go first. Back to the Future

[Booster]

6. If it were me & I knew who that woman was, I would give her at least 500K for her kindness.