Grocery shopping finally pays off.
An Illinois woman won $1 million from a lottery ticket that she bought at the supermarket — and which she had forgotten about entirely.
The unidentified woman was shopping at a grocery store in Elmhurst, Illinois, on Oct. 20, when she decided on a whim to pick up a lotto ticket, according to the Illinois Lottery.
“While on my way to visit my aunt, I made a quick stop at Jewel to pick up a few groceries, and before heading out the door, I grabbed a quick pick Lucky Day Lotto ticket,” the lucky lady told lottery authorities.
The woman bought the lottery ticket at a grocery store in Elmhurst, Illinois before she stuffed it in her purse and carried on with her day. Kittiphan – stock.adobe.comShe then put the ticket in her pocketbook and went on with her life — forgetting that she had any ticket at all.
The woman matched all five numbers of that Sunday evening’s drawing — with the numbers 2-3-24-25-28, according to lotto officials. But she wouldn’t figure out she just hit the motherlode until a few days later.
“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,” the Illinois woman told the Illinois Lottery.
“I immediately saw “$1,000,000” on the screen and I was in total shock. 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 didn’t realize she had the ticket worth $1 million until days later. Stephen VanHorn – stock.adobe.comThe woman said she is most excited to be able to afford her annual trip she takes to Ireland.
This is the ninth Illinois Lottery player this year to win $1 million or more with Lucky Day Lotto, according to the Illinois Lottery.
