"It was unreal!" the Michigan woman exclaimed
Credit: Michigan Lottery
NEED TO KNOW
- A Michigan woman won big on the new Lucky Stars lottery game after buying the winning ticket with money she won on another game
- When she saw how much she won, she told lottery officials she “ran out to my car crying”
- Now the woman plans to buy her parents a house and car and save the rest of her winnings
A woman has already hit a top prize in a brand new Michigan Lottery game — and she is still processing her luck.
The 39-year-old Genesee County resident, who opted to remain anonymous, purchased “a few tickets” while out with a friend for Cinco de Mayo earlier this month at Liquor Wheel on Clio Road in Flint, according to a news release from the Michigan Lottery.
“I play lottery games a lot, but I actually wasn’t planning on stopping to buy tickets that day,” the woman admitted, but then changed her mind at a friend's insistence.
At first she won $30.
The woman then used her winnings to buy two more tickets, including one for Michigan Lottery’s new $5 Lucky Stars instant game.
This time, she received the surprise of a lifetime.
“I scratched them in the store and ran out to my car crying when I saw I’d won $1 million,” the woman recalled. “It was unreal!”
The woman recently went to Michigan Lottery’s headquarters to claim her prize, opteing to take home a one-time lump sum payment of about $693,000.
“I’m still trying to process it,” she said.
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Now, the woman reportedly plans to buy her parents a new house and car and save the rest.
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