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Linder Mathis of Dumas has claimed the winnings from a $2 million Mega Millions lottery ticket sold for the Jan. 29 drawing at a Super Stop in Pine Bluff.

The Arkansas Lottery said she hadn't realized she was a winner until her husband made a purchase there a few days ago. The owner, who'd checked video surveillance after the drawing, had suspected Mathis was the winner. From the lottery release:

“My husband didn’t believe the owner when he told him that we were winners, because we don’t play the lottery often. We checked our numbers and discovered that he (the owner) was actually telling the truth,” she said.

“I was at the hospital with my daughter, who had just given birth to her first child and our fourth grandchild, when my husband called me crying and said we had won $2 million.”

About a third is withheld for taxes. Mathis said she intends to pay bills, help her family and take a vacation. The store gets a $20,000 bonus.