Lottery player buys ticket on family visit and couldn’t stop shaking from her win

When a Michigan lottery player saw her seven-figure prize, her heart began beating a mile a minute and felt like it nearly leapt from her chest, she told officials.

The Traverse City resident picked up her winning Diamond Wild Time ticket at a local convenience store while on her way to visit family, according to a July 31 news release from the Michigan Lottery.

After purchasing the ticket, she scratched it off in her car, revealing she had won a $1 million dollar jackpot.

“I turned so red and couldn’t stop shaking,” the 49-year-old woman told lottery officials. “My heart was thumping so hard, I thought it was going to come out of my chest!”

She later traveled to the lottery headquarters to collect her prize, opting for a one-time payment of about $634,000, officials said.

“Winning means a fresh start for my husband and I,” she told lottery officials. “We can buy a new home and invest in starting a business, which has always been a dream of ours.”

Traverse City is located about 140 miles north of Grand Rapids.

This story was originally published July 31, 2023 at 4:14 PM with the headline "Lottery player buys ticket on family visit and couldn’t stop shaking from her win."