A Michigan woman’s heart was racing when her $5 scratch-off ticket won her $500,000, according to the Michigan Lottery .
An anonymous woman from Allegan County aged 64, won $500,000 from the Ghostbusters scratch-off game. She told the Michigan Lottery that she has been playing Ghostbusters since it launched in September 2023.
“When I went into the gas station to buy a ticket on my way to work, the clerk and I were talking about retirement, the player told the Lottery. “When she handed me the ticket, she said: ‘Well, I hope this ticket helps with saving for retirement!’
On her break later that day, she scratched the ticket and believed she had won $500, the Lottery said.
“My coworker said: ‘You might want to look at that prize amount again,” the winner recalled to the Lottery. “When I saw it was actually $500,000, I felt like I was going to have a heart attack!”
The fortunate lottery winner recently visited the lottery headquarters to claim her prize. She told lottery officials that she plans to use the money to pay off debts and mortgage and save the remainder.