LANSING, MI — An Ingham County woman got the shock of a lifetime when she thought she won $5,000 playing the Two Million Dollar Cashword instant game, only to scan the ticket and discover she was a $2 million winner, according to a press release.
The unidentified woman bought her winning ticket at the USA 2 Go Quick Store, located at 4495 Holt Road in Holt.
“As I was scratching my Two Million Dollar Cashword ticket, I noticed I had a lot of words on the third puzzle, but I didn’t count them,” said the lucky 61-year-old player, who chose to remain anonymous. “Once I was done scratching the entire ticket, I looked at the prize legend and assumed I’d won the $5,000 prize. When I scanned the ticket on the Michigan Lottery app and saw $2 million, I was in complete shock!
“It didn’t start sinking in that this is real until I pulled up to the Lottery office to claim my prize. I started shaking and said to myself: ‘This is getting real now!’”
She recently visited Lottery headquarters to claim the big prize. She chose to receive her prize as a one-time lump sum payment of about $1.3 million rather than annuity payments for the full amount. With her winnings, she plans to buy a new house, buy a vacation home in Florida, and share with her family.
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