Illinois Woman’s Purse Surprise with Million-Dollar Lottery Ticket Unearthed from Forgotten Stash in Elmhurst

In what might be the most nonchalant million-dollar win in recent memory, a suburban Illinois woman discovered a fortune at the bottom of her purse after forgetting about a lottery ticket she casually bought at a grocery store last month. The forgotten piece of paper turned out to be worth $1 million, as reported by

ABC7 Chicago

.

The serendipitous event took place after the woman—whose identity remains undisclosed—stopped by the Schiller Street Jewel-Osco in Elmhurst to shop for groceries and, swayed by a whim, bought a Lucky Day Lotto ticket for the drawing taking place on October 20, amidst a day filled with ordinary errands, the ticket was dismissed to the abyss of her purse where it lay forgotten until a fateful rummage brought it back to the light. According to the

KCCI report

, the winning numbers were 2-3-24-25-28, an exact match to the numbers on her ticket.

“While on my way to visit my aunt, I made a quick stop at Jewel to pick up a few groceries, and before heading out the door, I grabbed a quick pick Lucky Day Lotto ticket,” the winner recounted, in a statement obtained by

KCCI

. Displaying an unrivaled calmness that might rival even that of the Buddha, the woman expressed her shock only after a second confirmation by the lottery app, stating, “I scanned the ticket one more time to double-check, and when it showed ‘$1,000,000’ again, I instantly started crying.” The financial windfall, as it turns out, is earmarked for travel—a desire to traverse the lush greens of Ireland now made possible due to her luck.

With odds striking at 1 in 1.22 million, the woman’s win situates her as the ninth person to take home a $1 million or greater prize from the Illinois Lottery’s Lucky Day Lotto this year, thus adding a dash of extraordinary to what began as an unremarkable day and if anything it reaffirms the capricious nature of fortune—sometimes all it takes for one’s life to veer into prosperity is a ticket purchased on impulse and a forgetful moment, as first highlighted by

KCCI

. The Jewel-Osco store in Elmhurst also scored a monetary bonus of $10,000 for selling the winning ticket, as per the details shared by

ABC7 Chicago

.

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