Ingham County woman gets scratch-off surprise with $2M Cashword win

INGHAM COUNTY, Mich. — An Ingham County woman is swimming in green after winning $2 million in the Michigan Lottery’s Cashword instant win game.

The anonymous player, 61, bought her ticket at the USA 2 Go Quick Store in Holt, according to the Michigan Lottery.

As she scratched her ticket, thought she won $5,000. But after scanning the ticket, she found out she became Michigan’s newest millionaire.

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“As I was scratching my Two Million Dollar Cashword ticket, I noticed I had a lot of words on the third puzzle, but I didn’t count them,” the player said. “Once I was done scratching the entire ticket, I looked at the prize legend and assumed I’d won the $5,000 prize. When I scanned the ticket on the Michigan Lottery app and saw $2 million, I was in complete shock!…

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