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Mother of 3 claims Hoosier Lotto jackpot

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A college student said Monday she’ll use $1.9 million in Hoosier Lotto winnings to take her three children to Disney World and to spend the summer with them.

Shantay Britman, 35, of Elkhart said she was due to start a job next month but instead will take the summer off before resuming classes toward a general studies degree at Indiana University-South Bend.

Other than using the money for the Disney World trip and putting money toward her children’s college education, Britman said she and her husband, Kendrick, have no plans for the money.

She admitted they were overwhelmed by their good fortune.

“Right now, it’s all just brand new ā€” like not eating for two years and now someone gives you a buffet,” she said during a news conference at the Hoosier Lottery headquarters in Indianapolis.

Britman bought the winning ticket at an Elkhart convenience store. The Hoosier Lotto jackpot had reached $6.5 million, but she took the cash option of $2.7 million before taxes, or $1.9 million after.

She worked as a certified medical assistant at a clinic before it closed last September, and she used the opportunity to go to classes full-time. She plans to eventually attend nursing school and become a registered nurse.

Kendrick Britman, also 35, works as a host and a busser at a restaurant. Their children are ages 14, 8 and 5.

“We’re like other families, just trying to make it,” Shantay Britman said.

As for Kendrick Britman, he was eager for his time in the limelight to end. Asked how he felt, he said, “Ready to be over with (it).”

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