A once homeless California woman went to a Walmart Supercenter for an oil change. She purchased a lottery ticket during the stop and won $5 million.
Lucia Forseth won $5 million in a Scratchers game after buying a ticket at the store in Pittsburg, about 40 miles east of San Francisco, the California Lottery announced Wednesday.
Forseth said she closed her eyes and picked a ticket. She opened them to find she'd become an instant millionaire."You never think you have a chance to win it," Forseth said in a press release from the California Lottery."It is just random." At first, Forseth thought she'd only won another ticket,"But I checked, and it said I won $5 million!" she said.
Her 2023 Scratchers win makes her the third winner of the ticket in California this year. There aretwo $5 million tickets still out there. The odds of winning the game are 1 in 3,088,854, according to the California Lottery."Being homeless just six years ago, I never thought it would happen to someone like me," she said.
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