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Michigan woman thinks she won $5,000 on scratch-off; scan reveals $2m prize

By · Via Times of India · Published by Everything Blog

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The 61-year-old winner purchased the $30 ticket for the $2,000,000 Cashword game at a Holt Express store in Holt. Although she originally calculated her prize at $5,000, the mobile scan revealed she had won the entire jackpot. To collect the money, she selected a one-time lump-sum payout of roughly $1.3 million after federal and state taxes. The game itself made its debut in August 2024, offering prize tiers starting at $30.

Key points

  • Players can utilize the Michigan Lottery mobile application to verify the precise payout…: Players can utilize the Michigan Lottery mobile application to verify the precise payout value of their scratch-off tickets.
  • The anonymous jackpot winner intends to finance a primary residence in Michigan and a sec…: The anonymous jackpot winner intends to finance a primary residence in Michigan and a secondary home in Florida.
  • Choosing the cash lump-sum distribution significantly reduced the nominal two million dol…: Choosing the cash lump-sum distribution significantly reduced the nominal two million dollar prize to about one point three million dollars.

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An Ingham County woman went from celebrating what she thought was a modest lottery win to discovering she had won a life-changing $2 million (£1.54 million) jackpot after scanning her ticket. The 61-year-old woman, who chose to remain anonymous, bought her winning $30 scratch-off ticket for the Michigan Lottery's $2,000,000 Cashword instant game at the Holt Express convenience store at 2196 West Delhi Avenue in Holt. This was confirmed in an official release published on the Michigan Lottery Connect platform. When she first checked her ticket, she thought she had won a good amount of money. However, the actual prize was much larger than she had expected.

Misread ticket reveals million-dollar prize

"I scratched off my ticket and thought I won $5,000," the player told Michigan Lottery officials when she claimed her prize. "I scanned it on the lottery app to double check, and when $2 million popped up on the screen, I was in utter shock. My husband and I couldn't believe it." The winner recently visited Michigan Lottery headquarters in Lansing to collect her prize. She had two…

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