MONTCALM COUNTY, Mich. – A Michigan woman said she “screamed for 30 minutes straight” after she won a $1 million lottery prize.
The 57-year-old Montcalm County woman, who decided to stay anonymous, won her prize playing the Michigan Lottery’s Electric 100s instant game.
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She learned that she had won the big prize while she was talking on the phone with her daughter.
“I scratched the ticket while I was on the phone with my daughter and when I scratched off the lightbulb symbol with ‘$1MIL’ next to it, I started screaming,” the player told Michigan Lottery officials. “My daughter thought something bad had happened because I kept yelling ‘No way!’”
After scanning her ticket on the lottery app, she said she continued to scream about her win.
“When I told her I won $1 million, she didn’t believe it, and honestly, I didn’t believe it either," the player said. “I scanned it on the Lottery app and when $1 million came up, I think I screamed for 30 minutes straight! I’m still in awe and I can’t believe I’m actually here claiming $1 million.”
The woman bought her winning ticket at Zerkas General Store at 1249 North Greenville Road in Stanton, which is about 35 miles southwest of Mt. Pleasant.
She decided to claim her winnings as a one-time lump sum of about $693,000.
The woman said she plans to buy a house, share with family and invest her winnings.
The Electric family of instant games launched earlier this month, and this 57-year-old woman is the first top-prize winner of the Electric 100s game.
People who play the Electric family of games can also scan non-winning tickets to enter a giveaway for $1 million.
Players will get one entry for every $1 spent on Electric game tickets.
Michigan Lottery officials say that five finalists will be chosen and one of them will be selected to win the $1 million prize at a Detroit Tigers game at Comerica Park later this year.
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