Northern Michigan woman took clerk's advice - and won $2 million lottery prize
Winning lottery ticket that northern Michigan woman purchased. Photo via Michigan Lottery Connect
(FOX 2) - One Michigan woman is now a millionaire thanks to the advice she took from a store clerk.
The Upper Peninsula resident asked an employee at a grocery store in the town of Gladstone which game she should play and they suggested the $2,000,000 Cash Multiplier, "so that's what I purchased," she told Michigan Lottery Connect.
"I don’t buy instant tickets often, but I play the Daily Spin to Win game every day in hopes of winning the monthly $5,000 giveaway," the player said. "I won a $20 coupon playing Daily Spin to Win, so I took it to the store and asked the clerk which ticket I should buy."
The 30-year-old is from Delta County.
Choosing to remain anonymous, she purchased the ticket at North Bluff Grocery on 8287 State Highway M35, the Michigan Lottery Connect website said.
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She then traveled home and scratched the ticket to reveal the numbers. She said she had a hard time believing it was real.
"I called my dad, and he told me to take it to the retailer to double check it. When the retailer confirmed it was a winning ticket, I called my dad screaming as soon as I got in my car!"
She took the lump sum payment of $1.3 million, instead of the annuity payments. She plans to pay bills and invest with the money.
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