Toddler Picks Lotto Ticket, NYC Mom Wins $1M

Lesson? Listen to your 2-year-old
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Mar 14, 2012 10:30 AM CDT
Toddler Picks Lotto Ticket, NYC Mom Wins $1M
If your 2-year-old points, buy the lotto ticket.   (©Tomas Fano)

A New York City toddler with the Midas touch has made her family $1 million richer. Afsheen Ahsan, of Queens, credits her 2-year-old daughter, Anaya Hussain, for picking her New York Poker instant scratch-off ticket. Ahsan says the toddler reached out and touched the ticket on Jan. 30 while they were at the Top Convenience store in Brooklyn. Ahsan apparently took that as a sign and bought the ticket. Good thing: She'll receive $31,152 a year until 2031. What will she do with her windfall? Start a business, and take a vacation—a family one, we assume. (More strange stuff stories.)

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