Woman won $50k in scratch lottery game

A woman decided to take a road trip through a snowstorm in Idaho with a friend to buy lottery tickets — then she won big. Miranda Kizziar, a hairdresser, went to KJ’s Kwik Stop in Malad City with her friend and brought $100 to buy lottery tickets, the Idaho Lottery said in a Wednesday, Nov. 2 

She won $256, so she bought $100 more in scratch tickets, according to Idaho Lottery.

Kizziar then won $50,000 from the Bonus Circle on an Ol’ Money Bags scratch game.

When her friend said she won, Kizziar nearly passed out. 

“This win was straight from my dad in Heaven,” she told Idaho Lottery.

Her father died two years ago, and she was still grieving his death when her brother died a few days before she decided to take a road trip.

These deaths prompted the two to take a road trip, according to Idaho Lottery.