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A lady in Illinois gained $1 million from a forgotten lottery ticket she rediscovered in her purse.
She got here into the seven-figure windfall due to a Fortunate Day Lotto ticket she stated she put in her bag and “forgot all about” after buying it throughout a go to to the grocery retailer final month on the best way to see a relative, in keeping with the Illinois Lottery.
The girl rediscovered the quick-pick ticket in her purse and discovered she was a million-dollar winner a few days after the state lottery performed its Oct. 20 night drawing.
A lady “forgot all about” a successful lottery ticket after buying it throughout a go to to the grocery retailer final month on the best way to see a relative. (Matias Baglietto/NurPhoto by way of Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
“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 stated. “I immediately saw ‘$1,000,000’ on the screen and I was in total shock.”
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“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 particular person to attain a prize of not less than $1 million from the sport in 2024, in keeping with the Illinois Lottery.
The lottery stated the lady “requested to remain anonymous.” Illinois lets winners of prizes of $250,000 or extra keep unnamed.
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The ticket landed her that drawing’s grand prize and made her the ninth particular person to attain a prize of not less than $1 million from the sport in 2024. (Scott Olson/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
Together with her seven-figure winnings, the lady stated she is trying ahead to touring.
“What I’m most excited about is being able to afford annual trips to my favorite place in the whole world: Ireland. The landscape is stunning and I’m thrilled that I can now look forward to these trips every year,” she advised the state lottery.
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In September, two individuals who purchased Fortunate Day Lotto tickets gained over $1 million, together with somebody who landed $1.45 million on Sept. 22 and one other who scored $1.1 million on Sept. 9, the Illinois Lottery’s web site confirmed.
