A lucky woman finds a week old winning ticket while cleaning
For a week, a woman’s jackpot-winning lottery ticket rested on a desk at her Iowa home.
She had yet to scratch it off. Pamela Willard, of Waukee, admits she forgot about the Crazy Hot Cash ticket she purchased at a Hy-Vee grocery store.
It wasn’t until she was cleaning her home a week later when she uncovered the ticket. When she finally scratched it off, she realized it was a $50,000 jackpot winner, according to the Iowa Lottery.
“I had tears in my eyes. I was just beyond ecstatic,” Willard told lottery officials.
“From that point on, doing housework wasn’t a big deal because you’ve got this big smile on your face, like, ‘Oh, my gosh! I actually did win!’”
Willard plans on using the winnings for a new fence and a vacation with her husband, lottery officials said.
