MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – A lottery ticket worth $150,000 sat inside a Michigan woman’s purse for a month, and she didn’t even know she had won.
Jennifer Horton, 41, of Mount Pleasant, bought a Powerball ticket at the Marathon gas station on East Pickard Street in Mount Pleasant and matched four white balls and the Powerball -- 16-31-34-47-65, PB: 10 -- from the Jan. 20 drawing.
She won a $50,000 prize, but thanks to the Power Play, that total was multiplied to $150,000.
“I buy Powerball tickets every once in awhile,” Horton said. “I don’t usually play the Power Play, but when I was purchasing my ticket, the worker suggested adding it, so I did.
“I forgot all about the ticket and found it in my purse about a month later. I scanned it at the store and got a message to visit the lottery office. When I realized it was a winning ticket of $150,000, I didn’t believe it at first. I thought there was no way I spent $4 and won $150,000. It was a crazy feeling to be holding a ticket worth so much money.”
Horton visited Michigan Lottery headquarters and claimed her prize. She said she plans to pay bills and take her family on vacation.