Her Dying Husband Worried She'd Have Money Troubles. Then She Won the Lottery

Her Dying Husband Worried She'd Have Money Troubles. Then She Won the Lottery
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FREEPORT, Pa.—In the weeks before his death, Karen Coffman’s husband worried she might have money troubles after he was gone.

But two weeks before he died in April of complications from a brain tumor, the Pennsylvania woman bought a scratch-off state lottery ticket that netted her $1 million.