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$1 million Ohio vaccine lottery winner was on her way to buy a used car when she found out she won

Ohio resident Abbey Bugenske woke up Wednesday wishing for a new car. Before the day ended, she’d have enough money to purchase the most expensive car on the lot.

The 22-year-old woman, who lives in a Cincinnati suburb, is the inaugural winner of the state’s $1 million Vax-a-Million lottery, aimed at increasing the number of people getting Covid-19 vaccination shots.

A proponent of vaccinations, Bugenske had taken the shot before the lottery was announced to protect her friends and relatives.

“Vaccines have always been in my medical history. It was a pretty easy decision to go and get the vaccine as fast as I could,” she said in a press conference Thursday. “I would encourage anyone to get the vaccine. If winning $1 million isn’t enough, I don’t know what would be.”


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Bugenske was at the beginning of a four-hour drive to Cleveland and her phone rang. She thought it was a joke.

Indeed, it wasn’t.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was on the other end, surprising her with news about her new fortune.

Raised in the Cleveland area, she obtained a degree from Michigan State University last year. She said she is working toward earning a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from Ohio State University.

In January, she moved to Silverton, just a few miles outside Cincinnati, for a job with General Electric. She plans to keep working.
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Vax-a-Million winner scholarship Joseph Costello, center, with his family and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and his wife, left.

The other, 14-year-old Joseph Costello of Englewood, won a four-year scholarship to any Ohio college he chooses as part of the lottery.

He said he doesn’t know what he will study yet but he’ll probably choose Miami University in Ohio or Ohio State University.

Entire article: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1-million-ohio-vaccine-lottery-winner-was-her-way-buy-n1268775
 
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Seeing Cleveland get back to "normal" tonight was awesome. Full crowd at Progressive and Playhouse Square open for the first time in 15 months. A HUGE "Thank You" to President Trump and all the countless work and dollars that were poured into Operation Warp Speed. Can't wait to see "The Shoe" filled to capacity in September.
 
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