$1M lottery ticket found in Michigan woman's old mail

Sep 25, 2015, 10:01 am (13 comments)

Mega Millions

A Kentwood, Michigan, woman is $1 million richer after finding a winning Mega Millions ticket in a pile of old mail.

During a recent visit to the store, the clerk told Tuttle someone had won $1 million with a ticket that had been purchased at the store.

Tuttle then went home to check a pile of some old mail where she found the ticket, learning she was the big winner, according to the Michigan State Lottery.

Linda Tuttle matched the first five winning numbers in the May 26 Mega Millions drawing: 1, 39, 52, 69, and 72.  She did not match that evening's Mega Ball number, 12, so she won the second prize of $1 million.

She claimed her prize on Tuesday in Lansing.

According to the Detroit Free Press, Tuttle planned to use some of her winnings to go to China and visit some former exchange students.

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Thanks to wizeguy for the tip.

Lottery Post Staff

Comments

noise-gate

Sweet. ..

dpoly1's avatardpoly1

Perhaps I should go through my mail LOL!

Cool

hearsetrax's avatarhearsetrax

Quote: Originally posted by dpoly1 on Sep 25, 2015

Perhaps I should go through my mail LOL!

Cool

Stooges

CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

Glad I don't let my tickets get old or put into a pile of mail !!!!
Kudos to you Linda...Nice QP !!!
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MaximumMillions

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Sep 25, 2015

Glad I don't let my tickets get old or put into a pile of mail !!!!
Kudos to you Linda...Nice QP !!!
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That's why I almost exclusively play online, I'd lose my **** if I had to re-enact one of those "Where's the ticket?"- skits.

SoleWinner21

Missed out on the $214 million by one number

RJOh's avatarRJOh

Quote: Originally posted by SoleWinner21 on Sep 25, 2015

Missed out on the $214 million by one number

Those numbers have never done better than a 3+0 with PB, maybe there's a $267M PB jackpot winner among them.

david1691

It's a good thing she didn't get the ticket mixed in with junk mail.  I hear of many people who simply throw junk mail away.  Congratulations to Linda Tuttle on her new found blessings of wealth.

myturn's avatarmyturn

I hope she will be able to enjoy her new-found financial security in peace and quiet. I hope she won't be badgered by people looking for "help". If she is, I hope she is strong enough to resist such pressure.

Good luck to her!

TnTicketlosers's avatarTnTicketlosers

Well that is good,I hope she gets what she never had before.

RJOh's avatarRJOh

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Sep 25, 2015

Those numbers have never done better than a 3+0 with PB, maybe there's a $267M PB jackpot winner among them.

Those numbers matched 0+5 for $4 and 3+0 for $7 in tonight's PB drawing paying back more than half of what it would have cost to play them, that's better than the numbers I usually pick to play.

music*'s avatarmusic*

Smile I hope she enjoys her reunion with the exchange students in China. She might be surprised about all the changes  in China. Enjoy the flights.See Ya!

Gleno's avatarGleno

Congrats to the winner

Old mail pile bad place to put your lottery tickets.

Thinking of...

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