Stacy Hagberg, a nurse from Shasta County, went on break and did what she always does: scratch her California Lottery Games.
Only this time around, she won a million bucks.
“I started scratching and saw the one and commas and was like ‘Oh my god,’” Hagberg told California Lottery officials . “My coworker thought I was telling her she did something wrong, and I said, ‘No, I think I just won a million dollars!’”
Despite the influx of cash, Hagberg says she plans to continue working.
“I’m debt-free and I can finally think about retirement,” she said. “I used to feel I’d probably have to work until the day I died.”
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The store she purchased the tickets from – an ampm store on Churn Creek Road in Redding – received a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning Scratchers.
Hagberg joins what the California Lottery called “a whole slew of millionaires” that struck it rich recently, including four in SoCal:
- Luz Meza, Reema Issa and Petra Romero each won the $2 million grand prize playing the Instant Prize Crossword Scratcher game; Meza (fittingly) purchased her ticket from Lucky Liquor and Mart on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, Issa’s game was sold at Westchester Mobil on West Manchester Avenue in L.A. and Romero won the $2 million from a scratch-off bought at Rose Donuts & Ice Cream in Inglewood
- Sungwook Joo won $1 million playing Multiplier Craze; purchased the ticket at Mimi Lotto DTLA on South Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles