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A young woman won a $2 million lottery prize after receiving the ticket from her dad

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Vanesa Menjivar Acosta said she plans to use the money to buy a home and attend college

A young woman won big thanks to her father, who gave her a lottery ticket as a gift.

In a statement on Wednesday, May 28, Massachusetts Lottery officials said Vanesa Menjivar Acosta from Norcross, Georgia, became the first $2 million prize winner in the state lottery’s new “$25,000,000 Mega Money” game that went live in mid-May.

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