I won $2MILLION after picking a scratchcard on a WHIM – here’s why I choose it
A LOTTERY player has won $2million after picking a scratch card on a whim.
The woman, who is anonymous, bought the Michigan Lottery ticket because she liked the color and design.
She said the $2,000,000 Multiplier scratchcard caught her eye when she bought it at Kelsey’s Market in Warren.
The player, 44, told the Michigan Lottery that she had to check the ticket twice before realizing she had won.
She said: “When I scratched the ticket and saw I’d won $2million, I had to do a double-take because I thought I was reading it wrong.
“When it finally sunk in that I’d won I was very excited.”
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The woman chose to receive a $1.2million lump sum and plans to use the money to pay bills and save the rest.
Alternatively, she could've got 30 annuity payments.
Meanwhile, a couple from Minnesota, won $66million and revealed they picked their lottery numbers 30 years ago on their first date.
They spent the date decades ago scratching off tickets and eating pizza.
The winning numbers for the recent drawing were 2, 8, 14, 20, and 31 with a Mega Ball of 17.
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The woman told Minnesota Lottery that she had been playing the lottery “faithfully” since the end of 2021.
She said: “Thank goodness! If I had seen those numbers and I didn’t have a ticket…”
The woman said she fell asleep before waking up and checking the lottery numbers.
She recognized them almost instantly but had to do a double-take, before telling her husband.
The couple revealed they want to use the winnings to buy a house, car, and travel.
LUCKY WINS
And, Josh Buster claims he's richer thanks to a clerk's mistake.
He bought a $1million Mega Millions ticket on April 15 in West Burlington, Iowa.
He claimed he asked the cashier for five easy picks for the Mega Millions drawing.
He agreed to have four more plays printed separately after the clerk incorrectly printed only one number the first time.
Buster believes the clerk's error changed the numbers he would have received if he had put them all on one ticket.
He told the Iowa Lottery: "I don’t usually have good luck, so I thought it was a mistake and there was going to be an error.
“So I Googled the lottery numbers to make sure I had the right ones, and I did! And then the rest of the day, I’m just waiting to wake up from a dream.”
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Matching the first five numbers but missing the Mega Ball, his winning play was just one number away from scooping the $20million jackpot.
Buster intends to spend his $710,000 winnings on paying off his car and his mom's mortgage, as well as retiring.
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