Two friends win lottery playing the same numbers

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Two friends won thousands of dollars each on separate Powerball tickets.

Naomi Cawley of Saginaw had made a pact with a friend to share if either of them won the lottery.

“Rather than buying one ticket for the both of us, we started buying our own separate tickets with the same numbers,” she explained in a Thursday release.

In February, the 59-year-old and her friend matched four white balls and the Powerball. Her friend won $50,000 and Cawley, who added the Power Play, won $100,000.

“I went into complete shock when I got a call from my friend late one night telling me we’d won on our Powerball numbers,” she said. “She told me I’d won $100,000 and she’d won $50,000 because she forgot to add the Power Play to her ticket. It is so exciting and fun to experience together.”

Cawley is going to use her winnings to take her family on a trip and will save the rest.

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