Woman wins $11.7 million, wants to keep job

LAKE ELMO, Minn. (KGO) -- A Minnesota woman says she has big plans after winning the lottery, but quitting her job isn't among them.

Rhonda Meath returned to work on Sunday, a day after she and her husband won $11.7 million, tax free, in Minnesota's Hot Lotto.

Meath says she loves few things more than waiting tables at the Lake Elmo Inn.

"I actually really enjoy my job. I have great friends here and a great boss, and it's just really a fantastic place to work. So I have no plans of leaving," she said.

"She's in heaven when she's here, she's having a ball, and if you can have fun at work, why give that up?" Lake Elmo Inn owner John Schiltz asked.

Meath and her husband, Joe, plan to splurge on a new car.

She wants to give some cash to a police dog foundation, while Joe is going to set up a college fund for the store clerk that sold the winning ticket.