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Million-Dollar Moments

Lucky lotto tickets, million-dollar briefcases, even prize-winning cookies—these unexpected windfalls inspired priceless reactions.
The Oprah Winfrey Show  |  October 28, 2009
Tomorrow Rodriguez

When Tomorrow Rodriguez was picked to be a contestant on Deal or No Deal, she was living paycheck to paycheck. "We were still behind on some bills," she says. "We were over a hundred-and-something thousand dollars in debt from school loans and bad choices." 

All that changed when Tomorrow picked the million-dollar briefcase. "I was just praying," she says. "I just kept saying, 'I'm going to have favor.'"

Since her big win, Tomorrow has paid off all her bills. "When you get all your debt paid off, you feel really, really good," she says. "It's a relief. Freedom. The chains are off."

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