A St. Clair County woman, aged 76, has found luck with a hefty sum of $1 million, won from an instant Michigan Lottery ticket. Purchased from the Kroger store on Gratiot Avenue in Richmond, this sudden fortune comes from revealing a winning number on a $1,000,000 Deluxe Cash game ticket, as ClickOnDetroit reported.

According to statements she provided to the Detroit Free Press, the woman, who has preferred anonymity, regularly invests $20 in lottery tickets. After scratching off the tickets in her car, disbelief set in. "I saw I’d won $1 million, I thought to myself: 'This can’t be real!'" she recalled. Each day since winning, she has repeatedly checked the ticket to confirm the reality of her newfound wealth.

Confronted with a choice between a lump sum and annuity payments, the winner elected to take a one-time cash payment—totaling about $693,000—over the full amount in periodic installments. This decision was reported by Patch. With the winnings, she articulated plans to first pay off bills before transferring the rest into savings.

"This prize is going to provide a nice financial cushion for me and my husband," the winner told Patch in an interview. Scanned at the same grocery store where she bought it, she knew the win was legitimate when prompted to file a claim at the Lottery office. Ensuring financial security appeared to stand at the forefront of the couple's goals after their fortuitous win.