Second lottery win in 2 weeks worth $1M for Missouri woman

Sep 16, 2016, 9:07 am (14 comments)

Missouri Lottery

A Strafford, Missouri, great grandmother scratched off a lottery win two weeks in a row, and the second one was a whopper.

Doris Danielson first won $1,000 on a "300,000,000 Golden Ticket" Scratcher ticket, prompting a trip to Lottery headquarters in Springfield to cash it in. While there she scratched up a $1 million jackpot in the same Scratcher ticket game.

"I'm very fortunate, I'll tell you that much," Danielson said in a news release.

"My daughter and I were going to Springfield to go shopping on Saturday (Sept. 3), and we stopped by Kum & Go to get her a soda," said Danielson, who purchased her ticket from Kum & Go, 125 S. State Highway 125, in Strafford. "I bought her a $5 ticket, and I got the 'Golden Ticket' for myself."

Danielson, a great-grandmother-of-five, was still in the parking lot of the Lottery retail location with her daughter when one of her numbers on the "Golden Ticket" matched a winning number with a $1 million prize.

"Oh, it was so exciting! I about had a heart attack," said Danielson. "My daughter had to bring the ticket back into the store to make sure it wasn't a joke."

Danielson plans to share her $1 million win with her three children, just as she's done for all of her lottery prizes, but has yet made a decision on what she would like to do with her portion of the prize.

The first $30 Scratchers ticket offered by the Missouri Lottery, "$300,000,000 Golden Ticket" was introduced on Jan. 25 in celebration of the Lottery's 30th anniversary.

Danielson claimed one of 12 $1 million second-tier prizes available in the game. Players who have a My Lottery account have an added value when they enter their non-winning "Golden Tickets" into the accompanying "Golden Ticket" Second-Chance Promotion.

The first of three second-chance drawings awarding a $1 million grand prize takes place Sept. 27.

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Comments

mypiemaster's avatarmypiemaster

Lucky lady, that's what you are.

Shellylyn's avatarShellylyn

Congrats to her and her family!! How awesome!

quicksloth35

Pure awesomeness.

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Congratulations Mrs,Doris Danielson Party

music*'s avatarmusic*

 Great Grandmother Doris Danielson from Strafford, Missouri should play MM & PB. She is on a winning streak after all.

Dance

LottoAce's avatarLottoAce

Congrats, Lucky woman that's for sure.

dpoly1's avatardpoly1

NICE!

Dance

duckman's avatarduckman

Right time and right place x 2

ressuccess's avatarressuccess

Wow. That woman is very lucky!

IPlayWeekly's avatarIPlayWeekly

Cool

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

I have a feeling it's not over for her they say everything happens in 3's Dance

JAMORA's avatarJAMORA

Lucky AND smart....if the luck is with you, a good gambler knows to ride it... ( and sit out the can't win for crap spells..lol)

Bleudog101

Quote: Originally posted by helpmewin on Sep 18, 2016

I have a feeling it's not over for her they say everything happens in 3's Dance

Let's hope so; she seems like she is so deserving of another lottery win!

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Quote: Originally posted by Bleudog101 on Sep 19, 2016

Let's hope so; she seems like she is so deserving of another lottery win!

I Agree! $1M ain't enough Dance

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