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Timing's Everything With This Lotto Win

``By yesterday afternoon, the former word-processing operator was flushed pink with excitement . . . and fine champagne. Winning the biggest lottery jackpot in B.C. history will do that to a person.

``O'Brien is one of 20 co-workers -- all women -- who hit the jackpot in Friday's Lotto Super 7 draw. The group, which works together at the Vancouver office of the Labour Relations Board, won a record $22 million -- $1.1 million each.

``Great timing for O'Brien, 36, single and unattached. Last Wednesday was her final day at work. She was the last of a dozen people laid off recently at the LRB due to provincial government cutbacks.

``...O'Brien said waves of elation flooded through her as the win sank in. "I was elated and shaking and screaming. Then I was smiling and having a normal conversation. Then it would hit me again.

``...Amazingly, none of the women plans to quit work.

``...'This couldn't have happened to a better bunch of people," she said..."

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