Theresa Dybalski , of Lakawanna , New York , was given the lottery ticket inside a birthday card from a friend . She had no idea what it meant until she opened up her gift and found out that there were two tickets to win one million dollars each. She received a lump-sum payment of $ 522,822 after taxes last month . Dybalski plans on sharing the money with her and her friend 's family and plans to address ' a couple issues around the house '
Theresa Dybalski , of Lakawanna , New York , was given the lottery ticket inside a birthday card from a friend . Her friend who gave her the card died shorty after she won . She received a lump-sum payment of $ 522,822 after taxes last month . Dybalski plans on sharing the money with her and her friend 's family and plans to address ' a couple issues around the house '