‘Urge’ to buy lottery ticket leads Michigan woman to $2.2M prize – UPI.com
A Michigan woman who “had an urge” to buy a lottery ticket while out and about ended up winning a prize of $100,000 a year for life. Photo courtesy of the Michigan Lottery
June 9 (UPI) — A Michigan woman who “had an urge” to buy a lottery ticket while out and about ended up winning a prize of $100,000 a year for life.
The 66-year-old Charlevoix County woman told Michigan Lottery officials the May 21 drawing was not the first time she has played Millionaire for Life.
“I’ve been playing Millionaire For Life on and off since the game started earlier this year,” the player said. “I had an urge to buy a ticket while I was out and about one day, so I went to the closest store and bought one.”
She stopped at the Mancelona North EZ Mart on U.S. Highway 131 Northeast in Mancelona and bought a ticket bearing the numbers 03-15-16-24-28.
“The next day I scanned my ticket at a store, and a message came up to contact the lottery office. I thought the scanner was broken, so I went out to my car to check the numbers on MichiganLottery.com. I saw a winning ticket was purchased in Mancelona and then I saw I’d matched all five numbers. I yelled: ‘I just won $2.2 million!’ and did a happy dance in my car,” the winner said.
The drawing’s top prize is $100,000 a year for life, and the woman chose to take her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $2.2 million.
The winner said she plans to use her prize money to buy a new house, a car and a boat.
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