A big winning million dollar lottery ticket is sold out in Gaylord
A Johannesburg woman bought a million dollar winning lottery ticket at a Shell station in Gaylord. “I stopped at the gas station to buy a few Daily 4 tickets,” said Bonnie Hitchings.
“When I was checking out, I asked for the Win $100, $200 or $500 ticket, but they were sold out, so I got a Cashword Times 20 ticket instead. I scratched the barcode and scanned the ticket three times.
I kept getting a message to file a claim at the lottery office, so I assumed their scanner was broken and went out to my car to scan it on the Lottery app.
“When I scanned the ticket, confetti came up on the screen with a message saying I won $1 million. I went back into the store to show the worker and everyone in the store was so excited.
Everywhere I go lately I have people stopping to congratulate me. It’s a crazy and exciting feeling!” Hitchings, 67, chose to receive her prize as a one-time lump sum payment of about $634,000. She plans to take a trip to Alaska and invest her winnings.
