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Phoenix woman’s daily iced coffee gets her $50,000

Jun 21, 2016, 9:13 AM | Updated: 10:25 pm

(The Grundemann Group Photo)...

(The Grundemann Group Photo)

(The Grundemann Group Photo)

PHOENIX — A Phoenix woman got the surprise of her life when her daily iced coffee run to the McDonald’s at 24th Street and Osborn Road turned into $50,000 in her pocket.

Libby Schwichtenberg was one of two $50,000 winners of McDonald’s Monopoly sweepstakes, which she would play through an app on her phone every day after receiving a game piece for her iced coffee.

“I kept reading the email over and over again, thinking to myself, is this real or a scam? My heart was racing, I was crying, I was freaking out,” Schwichtenberg said in a press release.

Schwichtenberg, mother of two and administrative assistant for a travel agency, plans to use the money to pay off bills, take a vacation and make a down payment on a house.

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Phoenix woman’s daily iced coffee gets her $50,000