A Michigan woman recently won $3 million on a lottery ticket that she purchased on vacation.
Canton resident Reagan Blanton, 52, was off from work when she purchased a Mega Millions lottery ticket with the numbers 12-24-46-57-66 back in the fall.
"I was on vacation and saw the Mega Millions jackpot was getting up there, so I made a mental note to purchase a ticket online when I got home," Blanton told Michigan Lottery Connect.
When she missed the October 6 drawing, she decided to log onto the lottery's website to see what the winning numbers were.
"Mega Millions" lottery tickets are pictured on a counter as the prize passed $1.1 billion ahead of the January 10 multi-state lottery drawing at a ticket sales shop in Manhattan in New York City, Jan. 10, 2023. (Reuters/Mike Segar / Reuters Photos)
"A few days after the drawing, I remembered I hadn’t checked my ticket, so I logged in to my lottery account to see if I won anything," she continued.
When Blanton saw that she was a winner, she was in disbelief. Not only did she win $1 million from her numbers, but the lottery's Megaplier option tripled the prize to $3 million.
CALIFORNIA, USA - JULY 11: A cashier inserts lottery tickets at a gas station as giant Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots grow more than $1B combined, in Trona, California, United States on July 11, 2023. ((Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) / Getty Images)
"When I saw a $3 million prize pending, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing!" the Michigan resident said. "I showed my husband, and he didn’t believe it was real either, so I called the lottery to double-check."
"When the lottery employee confirmed I really did win, I was in shock!"
SILVER SPRING, MD - AUGUST 07: Mega Millions forms are stacked and waiting on players on August 07, 2023 in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Blanton told the Michigan Lottery that she plans to invest the cash. She recently picked up the money, the Michigan Lottery Connect reported.