“It felt like divine intervention,” the grandmother told Illinois lottery officials
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- A woman in Illinois won a $3 million lottery prize after buying a scratch-off ticket from a gas station
- “When I saw the $3 million top prize on the Super Bonus ticket, I just knew it was meant to be. It felt like divine intervention,” she told lottery officials
- She chose to accept her prize under the pseudonym “Happy Grandma”
A woman in Illinois won a massive lottery prize after switching up her gas station lottery routine.
According to the Illinois Lottery, an anonymous woman — who chose to accept her $3 million prize under the pseudonym “Happy Grandma” — bought the winning ticket at BP Gas Station in Villa Park, located at 1 West St. Charles Road.
In a press release from lottery officials, the grandmother recalled purchasing a Super Bonus ticket for $30, which isn’t a game she normally plays…