The amazing woman became a millionaire after her generous father gave her a lottery ticket as a “just” gift.
The local Michigan said that she “shouted and cried” after scratching the instant game card to reveal that she would have tried 4 million dollars.
“My father bought an amazing instant game ticket of $ 150,000,000 and gave it to me,” said the lucky winner, who chose to remain unidentified.
“I was surprised when I handed it over to me, and I asked him why I bought it for me.
He said it was “just a gift,” which I thought was really nice. “
Women, 26, from Auckland County, said she was shocked by what was revealed when scratching the ticket.
“When I scratched the ticket, I was surprised when I saw that he was a $ 4 million winner,” she said last Friday.
“I had a lot of feelings going through my body.
“I shouted. I cried. I was and still shocked because I won $ 4 million.”
Her father bought the winning ticket at Light House Liquor, located in 13651 West 9 Mile Road in Oak Park, northwest of Detroit.
Upon her awareness of her tremendous victory, the woman took the ticket to the lottery headquarters to demand the big prize.
Loto losing
Under the lottery bases in Michigan, prizes of up to $ 600 in retail stores may be claimed.
But you must claim $ 100,000 or more prizes in the lottery headquarters.
The winners of these most fundamental Justice must submit their winning ticket, and the origins of the image identifier issued by the righteous government (usually a driver’s license or state identifier) and the social security card in order to claim a prize.
The winner of the zero ticket may have completely accepted the installments of the installments.
However, the woman instead chose to obtain her prize as a one -time amount of about $ 2.7 million.
“Winning with $ 4 million is to change life for anyone, but especially for this 26 -year -old young woman,” said Susanna Shukly,
“You will be able to use this award to positively influence her life for many years.”
In 2023, the lottery players won about $ 1.8 billion playing immediate games.
The players have won more than $ 18 million playing $ 150,000,000, which was launched in December.
What are the 10 largest lottery awards?
There were three awards for more than one billion dollars in 2024
- 2.04 billion dollars On February 14, 2023, the California lottery officials revealed the name of the winner, Edwin Castro
- $ 1.765 billion – In March 2024, the California lottery said that Theodorus Strock had presented as a representative of a group of people who divide the Grand Prize.
- $ 1.59 billion The third biggest winning of the grand prize, which is also PowerBall, was divided after three ways after drawing the winning numbers in January 2016
- $ 1.58 billion – This win of the Grand Prix Mega Millions was won on August 9, 2023
- $ 1.54 billion – The Grand Prize was not called for the Grand Prize Mega Mega until 2019, when the unknown winner chose a cut off one time of 877,784,124 dollars
- $ 1.35 billion The prize person collected, through a limited responsibility company, as a single cash payment of 723,564,144 dollars before taxes in 2023
- $ 1.34 billion – Anonymous winner claimed that the funds of the huge prize in 2022
- $ 1.33 billion – Cheng Sevan of Portland has claimed the lottery prize in Oregon in 2024. Planned to buy a house and find a “good doctor” while receiving chemotherapy to repeat cancer. Seifan also said that he divided a cut batch with his wife and a good friend
- $ 1.22 billion – This win of the Grand Prix Mega Millions was sold in Cottonwood, California in 2024
- $ 1.13 billion – New Jersey Yassass said last year that an unknown winner chose to receive the Mega Millions Cash Cash Award, which was $ 537.5 million before federal and state taxes
Source: New York Times
Each ticket of $ 30 provides people with an opportunity to win prizes ranging from $ 50 to $ 4 million.
Best awards
There are still more than $ 153 million in the remaining prizes, according to the lottery officials in Michigan.
This includes the award for the best $ 4 million, $ 20,000 prize, and $ 1.007, $ 1,000 prize.
The New York Times said in December that the changes in PowerBall and Mega Millions have increased to the big prizes in recent years.
On February 14, 2023, California lottery officials revealed the name of the billionaire in PowerBall Edwin Castro, who won the largest winning the prize in the lottery in America so far – $ 2.04 billion.
Michigan's victory for women comes as lottery officials continue to search for two tickets that are not required of $ 806,000.
Meanwhile, the PowerBall player is still unknown to sit on a $ 1 million ticket.
A gambling responsibility
Remember to gamble with responsibility
The responsible gambler is a person:
- It puts time and cash limits before playing
- Only gambling with money can lose it
- Never chase their losses
- Do not gamble if they are annoying, angry or depressed
If you or anyone you know are fighting the addiction of gambling, call the national assistance line to gambling at the number 1-800-522-4700 or prefer to visit the National Council for gambling via the Internet.