Woman who spent her milk money on winning $15million lotto ticket regrets life-changing decision
A WOMAN who won $15million on a lottery ticket has expressed regret over ever purchasing it.
Amy McCauley bought the winning ticket instead of a gallon of milk - resulting in a life-changing win.
She was a bus driver and her husband, Tom, was a cabinet builder in New York when their lives changed.
When Amy went to purchase a gallon of milk one night in 1991, she instead opted to buy a lottery ticket.
"I thought, I'm just going to buy some lottery tickets and see what happens," Amy told Oprah in 2006.
Later that night, Amy called the lottery office to listen to the numbers that had been pulled.
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"When I got to that final number, I went, 'Oh my God,'" Amy recalled.
"I thought I was going to die."
Neighbors rushed to the home after hearing Amy's screams.
"I slept with the ticket under my pillow," she said.
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Amy opted to receive her $15.5million jackpot in annual payments of $487,000 paid out over a 20-year period.
After Amy's win, she and Tom quit their jobs and started spending their newfound cash.
But they also found that friends and family members, even, were asking for handouts.
Amy recalled giving each of her brothers $30,000 and estimated that she gave away close to $1million throughout the years.
"I just have a problem with saying no," Amy said.
She and her husband eventually moved away to a place where they didn't know anyone.
Amy told Oprah that they don't keep in touch with many of the couple's friends from New York - nor Amy's two brothers.
"I do wish that I bought the milk sometimes," Amy told Oprah.
"Because I wouldn't have had the headaches that I have.
"I wish I was poor old Amy back in New York where everybody just liked me for me and they didn't look at me with dollar signs in their eyes," Amy continued.
The jackpot winner also shared that she regrets having spoken to the media and wishes she had kept the news to herself.
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"I would never tell anybody again," Amy said.
"I would keep it to myself."
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