A Worcester woman thought she had scratched a $10,000 winner on a Massachusetts State Lottery ticket, but it turns out that she won a whole lot more.
The Lottery said Michelle Sloan came to the agency’s Worcester regional office to turn in her winning “$2,000,000 Diamond Cashword” ticket. But she was told there that she had to go to Lottery headquarters in Boston to claim her prize because she actually had won $1 million.
“I was positive it was only ten grand,” Sloan said in a statement shared by the Lottery. “I just can’t believe it. I’m still so shocked!”
Sloan chose the cash option on the prize, taking home a one-time payment of $650,000 before taxes. She said she is planning to use the money to invest and help her children…