Aurora Kephart, a bartender at Conway's Restaurant and Lounge in Springfield, Oregon, received an amazing early Christmas present. One of her regulars often tips her with lottery tickets. On Tuesday evening, he asked her to choose two.
Her first ticket upon checking won $5. The second one made her the winner of $17,500.
Her 80 percent regulars that night were happy and excited for her.
Luck knocks in the most unexpected moment indeed.
Her first ticket upon checking won $5. The second one made her the winner of $17,500.
"The look on his face was incredible," Kephart, 25, told The Register-Guard newspaper. "I automatically handed it back to him; it was his ticket."
But the man who wishes to remain anonymous made Kephart sign it, giving her all the right to claim the prize.
"The reaction was crazy. Everyone was so amped up," Kephart said.
After the excitement and the cheers from people, she claimed the prize the very next day.
Kephart said she gave the man a percentage of her winnings. "I just couldn't not give him some of it," she said.
Kephart said she gave the man a percentage of her winnings. "I just couldn't not give him some of it," she said.
"I never realized how expensive couches were," she said. "Instead of waiting till Christmas or later, now I can buy something I really need."
Luck knocks in the most unexpected moment indeed.
