A windfall of nearly one million dollars is enough to shock anyone, perhaps no one more recently than a Saginaw County woman. At the age of 63, she found herself clutching a Michigan Lottery ticket worth $855,779. According to ClickOnDetroit, the winner, who chose to remain anonymous, initially believed she was having a heart attack upon realizing that her Lucky 7s Fast Cash ticket, bought at The Big Ugly Fish bar in Saginaw, was the jackpot winner.

The player recounted her initial reaction to ClickOnDetroit: "I looked over the ticket right after purchasing it and thought I was having a heart attack when I saw I won the jackpot." She added that she required confirmation from her family and even scanned the ticket to verify the win. Her statement echoed similar feelings reported by abc12 and MLive, emphasizing the disbelief and subsequent checks she performed to be certain of her win.

The anonymous woman has plans for her winnings; she intends to embark on a few vacations and then direct the remaining funds toward retirement, as articulated in her statements to the outlets covering her story. This tale of sudden fortune highlights the life-changing potential wrapped in a simple lottery ticket, priced between $2 and $30 for Fast Cash games like the one our lucky winner participated in.