Couples find $ 1.8 million jackpot winning lottery ticket while cleaning up their home
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Harold and Tina Ehrenberg found $ 1.8 million jackpot winning Louisiana Lottery lotto ticket on their night table Saturday, November 17, two weeks before their right to claim their winnings expired. The drawing for the ticket was 6th of June.
"First, I thought we could have made mistakes, misleading numbers or expiration dates," said Harold Ehrenberg to ABC News. "So we checked it a number of times and certainly they were the correct numbers."
"It was quite exciting," he added.
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PHOTO: Harold and Tina Ehrenberg claimed $ 1.8 million ions jackpot winning ticket November 19, 2018 after they found the ticket for the June 6 Louisiana Lottery Lotto drawing while cleaning the home of a welcome family for Thanksgiving. (Louisiana Lottery)
Harold Ehrenberg said he realized that he had to claim the prize after calculating the days from the drawing and realized that they had two weeks left to claim the prize. [19659014] The prize for drawing games must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing where the prize was won, said the statement.
"I was waiting for something to go wrong," said Harold Ehrenberg.
But once they were able to visit the office, he said that they "congratulated us and then it became very real."
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The couple received $ 1 274 313 after the state and federal taxes were taken while the supplier of winning ticket received 1 percent of the total price: $ 17,948.
The couple said they should keep the money until they retire.
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"We have no plans to buy anything crazy or go on some big tours," says Tina Ehrenberg. "The funniest will deposit that check!" Harold said.
