Woman’s winning lottery ticket voided due to error — ‘It wasn’t anything I did wrong’

WASHINGTON — Ardella Newman thought she hit it big.
On Aug. 22, Newman purchased a $2 scratch-off ticket that matched the number 16, making it worth $20,000.
“When I saw that $20,000, you don’t know how excited I was,” she told WJLA.
However, lottery officials told her there had been a big mistake and the ticket was issued in error.
Lottery experts say a normal ticket has the winning numbers on the top. Newman’s ticket had the winning numbers listed on the bot