MTA worker wins $1 million Powerball prize: 'You wait your whole life for this and you're still in shock'

"I checked the numbers on Monday on the [Lottery's phone app]," Fiore said in the NJ Lottery press release. "It said 'Congratulations. You won a million dollars.' I checked again and it said again that I won."

"I told him he better not be messing with me," Fiore said jokingly of her husband of 32 years. "And did we buy real tickets?"

"I like telling people," Fiore said. "I went to the bank and asked to speak to the manager. I said 'You know somebody won $1 million here in town? Well, that's me!' She was super excited. It's nice to celebrate."

Her five numbers - 11, 24, 50, 56, and 66 - all matched but the Powerball number was off. Hers was 12 while the number drawn was 16.

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