Tragic story of a worker who got $10 millions lottery ticket as a tip.

Few people have experienced the ancient adage "when it rains, it pours" as much as Tonda Dickerson has.

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A lottery ticket was given to Dickerson as a tip by a customer while she was working as a server at a Waffle House.

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She earned $10 million during one weekend. Then problems started to arise.

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Tips in many establishments are combined. Coworkers of Dickerson sued because they believed they should have shared equally in her victory.

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She initially lost but then won on appeal since she lived in Alabama and couldn't gamble there while winning the lotto in Florida.

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The man who had issued her the ticket then filed a lawsuit against Dickerson.

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He stated that if the waitress won, she would buy him a truck. That lawsuit was dropped. But the situation was far from over.

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Before Dickerson won the jackpot, she had been divorced for two years.

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Her former husband attempted to abduct her. She was successful in shooting him, and she later took him to a hospital.

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Due of the amount they believed they were owed, the IRS also sued Dickerson in a case that they ultimately lost.

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