Illinois woman wins $1M from forgotten lottery ticket she left in her bag
A woman in Illinois won $1 million from a forgotten lottery ticket she rediscovered in her purse.
She came into the seven-figure windfall thanks to a Lucky Day Lotto ticket she said she put in her bag and "forgot all about" after purchasing it during a visit to the grocery store last month on the way to see a relative, according to the Illinois Lottery.
The woman rediscovered the quick-pick ticket in her purse and learned she was a million-dollar winner a couple of days after the state lottery conducted its Oct. 20 evening drawing.
"A couple days after the drawing, I saw the ticket in my purse and opened my lottery app to scan my ticket and check if it was a winner," she said. "I immediately saw ‘$1,000,000’ on the screen and I was in total shock."
MAN WINS $1M FROM LOTTERY TICKET HE BOUGHT WITH MONEY FOUND IN PARKING LOT
"I scanned the ticket one more time to double-check, and when it showed ‘$1,000,000’ again, I instantly started crying. I thought, ‘This is unbelievable,’" she added.
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The ticket landed her that drawing’s grand prize and made her the ninth person to score a prize of at least $1 million from the game in 2024, according to the Illinois Lottery.
The lottery said the woman "requested to remain anonymous." Illinois lets winners of prizes of $250,000 or more stay unnamed.
"A couple days after the drawing, I saw the ticket in my purse and opened my lottery app to scan my ticket and check if it was a winner," she said. "I immediately saw ‘$1,000,000’ on the screen and I was in total shock."
MAN WINS $1M FROM LOTTERY TICKET HE BOUGHT WITH MONEY FOUND IN PARKING LOT
"I scanned the ticket one more time to double-check, and when it showed ‘$1,000,000’ again, I instantly started crying. I thought, ‘This is unbelievable,’" she added.
The ticket landed her that drawing’s grand prize and made her the ninth person to score a prize of at least $1 million from the game in 2024, according to the Illinois Lottery.
The lottery said the woman "requested to remain anonymous." Illinois lets winners of prizes of $250,000 or more stay unnamed.
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