Quick stop at Jewel-Osco fetches lottery winner $1m prize

A woman was on her way to visit her aunt in Illinois when she decided to drop by Jewel-Osco at 153 Schiller Street in Elmhurst. Adding a few groceries to her shopping bag, the woman also decided to grab a Lucky Day Lotto ticket, and it could have been one of the best decisions in her life.

Winning $1m while grocery-shopping really quick

The ticket, as it turns out, fetched her $1m in prize money. Although the identity of the woman was not disclosed, she was more than happy to offer a quote for the Illinois Lottery which was shared in an official press release:

"While on my way to visit my aunt, I made a quick stop at Jewel to pick up a few groceries, and before heading out the door, I grabbed a quick pick Lucky Day Lotto ticket. I actually put the ticket in my purse and forgot all about it."

The winning ticket had the following numbers: 2-3-24-25-28, turning the anonymous woman into a millionaire on her way to her aunt. Yet, the story gets even better when you factor in how the woman realized she had won. For one, she didn’t find out until after a few days after the draw.

She noticed the ticket sitting in her pursue and decided to have a quick scan of the ticket with the app and see if she had won – unexpecting to have won of course. However, there was the prize – $1,000,000 on the screen. Incredulous at the result, she scanned her ticket again, but the sum did not change – it was $1m.

Time to visit Ireland every year

The anonymous winner makes the ninth person in the state to have won equal to or more than $1m this year alone from Lucky Day Lotto. The winner herself is quite excited about the win, arguing that she would put the money to good use.

For one, she already has a few ideas she wants to see realized. The winner is partial to Ireland, and she intends to travel there with the money she has won! Better yet, she intends to put away some money so that she can travel to her dreamland every year.

Image credit: Illinois Lottery