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Last month, a woman made a spur-of-the-moment decision to buy a Lucky Day Lotto ticket while grocery shopping in Elmhurst, Illinois. She bought the ticket, put it in her bag and immediately forgot it existed, for CNN.
On October 20, the winning numbers were revealed: 2-3-24-25-28. The woman (who has chosen to remain anonymous) had those numbers but didn't know it.
“A few 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. I immediately saw $1,000,000 on the screen and I was in complete shock,” she said. lottery officials. “I scanned the ticket one more time to double check and when it said '$1,000,000' again, I immediately started crying.”
She said she plans to travel with her winnings.
Are you inspired to take a trip to Illinois to try your luck? According to US Lotterythe odds of winning the Lucky Day Lotto jackpot are 1 in 1.22 million. But this is a daily game, so you have many chances. Bring a very large bag.