Indian Women Working As Cleaners Buy Lottery Ticket, Win KSh 171m Jackpot: "We Didn't Expect"

• Sanitation workers in Kerala win KSh 171 million jackpot, lifting them from low-paying jobs to newfound prosperity
• Determined women pooled money to buy a lottery ticket, and unexpectedly won a huge amount
• Despite the windfall, the women plan to continue their jobs, valuing the collective that brought them success

A group of sanitation workers in the southern Indian state of Kerala is a happy lot after winning a KSh 171 million jackpot.

They bought a lottery ticket at KSh 430

The determined women are part of a group tasked with collecting biodegradable waste from the Malappuram district, a job that pays them very little. They pooled money to buy a lottery ticket.

BBC reports that since the money was insufficient to meet their needs, most of them borrow money to afford various expenses for their children.

On June 30, the group bought a KSh 430 ticket for a monsoon bumper prize lottery (bumper prize lotteries are issued for special occasions such as festivals).

Kuttimalu, 72, says she was initially sad when Radha collected funds because she didn't have enough money.

"Then Cherumannil Baby (another member of the group) told me she was willing to lend me half for the ticket," she said on August 1.

Ladies get an equal share

"We agreed we would get an equal share if we won anything. We didn't expect to win such a huge amount of money!"Kuttimalu said.

The women found out they had won a day after the draw when one of them asked her husband to check the results.

"This is the fourth time we bought a ticket for the bumper prize, we are fourth time lucky!" Radha said.

"Luck was never on my side," she said.

Her house was washed away in the devastating floods that hit Kerala in 2018. She now plans to build a house and pay off her debts.

At 50, K Bindu is a widow after her husband succumbed to kidney failure. His family was unable to afford the money for his transplant.

"He used to buy lottery tickets with the money we kept for dialysis. He left us without finishing the construction of our house. I have to complete it now," she said.

Each woman gets KSh 10 million

Some women hinted at using their money on their kids' studies, while another wanted to pay for their ailing daughter's surgery.

Each woman will get KSh 10 million, while the two who shared the initial payment will get KSh 5 million each.

A day after their life-changing win, the 11 women reached the agency's office like always to resume their work.

"We decided one thing, we will not leave this job because it was this collective that brought us prosperity," said Leela.

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In another story, a woman who hid KSh 273 million lottery win from her husband and divorced him after that got an unfavourable court ruling.

Her husband, fortunately, found out from a misdirected letter and sued her for it.

Daily Mail records the lucky woman disclosed that she used the first load of cash to build her dream house and will use the current allocation to start her restaurant.

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Indian Women Working as Cleaners Buy Lottery Ticket, Win KSh 171m Jackpot: "We Didn't Expect

Rags to riches: 11 Kerala women working as sanitation workers pool Rs 250 to buy lottery ticket