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Aired January 7, 2004 - 07:10   ET

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SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: The Ohio woman who won a $162 million Mega Millions lottery is telling other bettors to believe, because she says you never know what's going to happen. The woman spoke after claiming her winnings, which had already been claimed by another woman who said she had lost her winning ticket.
David Mattingly has our report.

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DAVID MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was a hard- luck story of lottery anguish that had everyone talking. An Ohio woman claims she lost a winning ticket worth $162 million after she dropped her purse in a convenience store parking lot.
MATTINGLY: Elecia Battle reported her misfortune to police Monday, who said they had no reason to think she was lying. Hearing the news, more than two dozen people swarmed a store parking lot in a snowy Cleveland suburb looking for the lost ticket with flashlights.