Million dollar lottery ticket worth $1 million won by a Wayne County woman

A Wayne County woman thought she had misread her Michigan Lottery instant ticket when it matched a winning number with a $1 million prize.

The woman, 69, won the prize playing the $1,000 Large game, according to the Michigan Lottery.

She purchased her $10 ticket at the 7 Mile and Tel Mini Mart located at 23540 West 7 Mile Road in Detroit. A 69-year-old Wayne County woman recently won $1 million on a Michigan Lottery $1,000 Large instant ticket.

"I usually play the Ruby Red Wild Time game, but I hadn’t been having the best luck on it,” the woman, who chose to remain anonymous, told the Michigan Lottery.

"I decided to try a new game and picked the $1,000 Large game.

“I scratched the ticket when I got home, and I couldn’t believe my eyes.

I took my glasses off to clean them because I thought for sure I was misreading the ticket.

When I put them back on and looked the ticket over again, my eyes filled with tears of joy!”

She recently claimed her prize and opted to receive it as a one-time lump sum payment of about $693,000 instead of annuity payments for the full amount.