March 18 (UPI) — A Michigan woman whose local store was sold out of the lottery ticket she wanted to buy was forced to choose a replacement — and won a $1 million prize.
The Kent County resident told Michigan Lottery officials she visited a local store with a specific scratch-off lottery ticket in mind, but arrived to find the game was sold out.
“The store didn’t have the game I wanted to buy, so I decided to try my luck on the Wild Cherry game,” the player recalled. “I scratched the bar code and scanned the ticket. When I read the message that I needed to file a claim I thought I had won $10,000.”
The woman said the store clerk helped her realize her prize was actually much larger…