A lucky woman in the USA has scooped the jackpot on the lottery after she decided to invest an earlier USD 100 win instead of collecting it.
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Tammie Pelton from the city of Cheboygan, Michigan State, USA, matched numbers 6, 11, 24, 29, and 35, to win a fantastic USD 169,674 (GBP 139,022) on 23rd September.
The 52-year-old woman said the win followed after she decided to buy an online ticket for the Fantasy 5 drawing when she won USD 100 (GBP 82) on a different game.
She said in a statement obtained by Newsflash from Michigan Lottery: “I played the Daily Spin to Win game and won a bonus credit, so I used the bonus credit to play a game online and won USD 100 [GBP 82].
“I used some of my winnings to purchase Powerball tickets and then saw the Fantasy 5 jackpot was over USD 150,000 [GBP 122,902], so I purchased a few Fantasy 5 tickets too.
“When I logged in to my account a few days later, a pop-up came up saying I’d won a USD 169,674 [GBP 139,022] Fantasy 5 jackpot prize.
“I had to triple-check my account balance to make sure I wasn’t seeing things! I woke up my husband and showed him the message.
“He was confused and asked who won, so I yelled: ‘We did!’ We are still having a hard time believing this is real.”
The lucky woman collected her prize upon visiting lottery headquarters on Thursday, 5th October.
She said she plans to use the money to take a trip and invest the remainder.
Michigan Lottery representatives said: “The free Daily Spin to Win game gives players the opportunity to spin a prize wheel each day that they log in to their Lottery account.
“Players can earn bonus credit, retail free play, or entries into a monthly USD 5,000 [GBP 4,098] giveaway.
“Each Fantasy 5 play is only USD 1 [GBP 0.8]. For an additional USD 1 [GBP 0.8] per play, EZmatch may be added to a Fantasy 5 ticket, giving players a chance to win up to USD 500 [GBP 409] instantly.
“For an additional USD 1 [GBP 0.8] per play, Double Play may be added to a Fantasy 5 ticket, giving players a second chance to win up to USD 110,000 [GBP 90,164] in the nightly Double Play drawing.
“Fantasy 5 players select five numbers from one to 39. Players who match all five Fantasy 5 numbers drawn win a jackpot that starts at USD 100,000 [GBP 81,967].
“Fantasy 5 drawings are held seven days a week at 7.29pm.”