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A Washington, D.C., woman lost $20,000 as easily as she won it.
"When I saw that $20,000, you don't know how excited I was," Ardella Newman told WJLA.
But the Virginia Lottery says Newman's ticket doesn't count because it was issued in error.
As WJLA reports, tickets are supposed to have winning numbers at the top. Newman's had the winning numbers toward the bottom.
Virginia Lottery officials say the lottery ticket machine may have cut the ticket in the wrong spot, essentially letting Newman combine two tickets to win. But Newman says she bought it as one ticket and that the error wasn't on her part, so she should receive the winnings.
Earlier this year, a New Mexico man was told his $500,000 winning ticket was worthless due to a misprint. Two numbers that appeared to be winners actually had extra digits that were printed as smudges.
The New Mexico Lottery told him under no circumstances would it pay him the $500,000. Instead, they offered him $100 in lottery tickets.
"It's like I told them, I didn't misprint it. I bought the ticket in good faith, thinking if I won I was going to get my money," John Wines told KOB.
The New Mexico man filed a lawsuit against his state's lottery.
So far, Newman has only filed a complaint, and the Virginia Lottery says it is investigating her case.
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