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.
Lucky lady, that's what you are.
Congrats to her and her family!! How awesome!
Pure awesomeness.
Congratulations Mrs,Doris Danielson
Great Grandmother Doris Danielson from Strafford, Missouri should play MM & PB. She is on a winning streak after all.
Congrats, Lucky woman that's for sure.
NICE!
Right time and right place x 2
Wow. That woman is very lucky!
Cool
I have a feeling it's not over for her they say everything happens in 3's
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)
Let's hope so; she seems like she is so deserving of another lottery win!
$1M ain't enough