ASHLAND, Ohio — A group of 10 teachers at an elementary school in Northeast Ohio received a nice bonus earlier this month when they won a $1 million jackpot in a Powerball drawing.

The ticket for the teachers from Crestview Elementary School in Ashland was purchased at a Circle K in Seville for the Aug. 6 drawing, according to the Ohio Lottery.

The organizer of the pool, who was only identified by her first name, Karen, says she was drinking coffee and checking the group’s tickets when she realized they had won.

“I was talking to my daughter on the phone, and I was like ‘I think we won a million dollars!’” she said, according to a news release from the lottery. “I started texting everyone and they were like ‘No way, no way,’ and so they checked the numbers themselves, and they were like

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