Mom describes shock of winning $2M jackpot after paying for daughter's cancer treatment
Geraldine Gimblet won $2 million on a scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery.
A Florida woman who spent her life savings to help her daughter beat breast cancer is now a millionaire.
Geraldine Gimblet of Lakeland bought a winning Florida Lottery ticket one day after her daughter completed her final treatment for breast cancer.
The $10 ticket was a $2 million winner for Gimblet, according to the Florida Lottery.
"I just didn’t know. I was like, ‘Are you sure, would you check this on your phone?’ And, I won," Gimblet, 74, told "Good Morning America," adding that she is a longtime lottery player. "I’ve been scratching for a long time. Every single day, I bring these Scratch-offs in my pockets."
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Gimblet said she purchased the last available ticket the store had of her favorite scratch-off game.
Gimblet's daughter, Lawrencina Jackson, said she was equally shocked to learn her mom won the lottery just one day after Jackson rang the bell at a local hospital, signifying the end of her breast cancer treatment.
"It was truly amazing," Jackson told "GMA." "It was a blessing."
When she claimed the prize at the lottery's headquarters in Tallahassee last week, Gimblet did so alongside her daughter and granddaughter.
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Gimblet said that using some of her life savings to help pay for Jackson's cancer treatment came naturally to her as a mother.
"I really didn’t think about it," she said. "I just did what I had to do."
For Jackson though, her mother's action was not just lifesaving but, in her words, a sign of "a mother's love."
"Her doing what she did just meant so much to me," Jackson said. "I don’t even see where I can replace it. I just have to keep loving her, maybe that’ll help."
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According to the Florida Lottery, Gimblet opted for a one-time, lump-sum payment, meaning she took home just over $1.6 million.