Kalamazoo County woman wins $2 million on instant lottery ticket

A 33-year-old Kalamazoo County woman just won $2 million on her favorite Michigan Lottery instant game.

The woman, who chose to remain anonymous, told the Michigan Lottery that Colossal Cashword has been her favorite game since it came out.

She recently purchased a ticket for $30 at Hoffman's Corner Store located at 5905 S. Westnedge Ave. in Portage, according to the Michigan Lottery .

She scratched the ticket's barcode immediately and handed it to the store's clerk to scan.

A slip instructed her file a claim at the Michigan Lottery office.

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The clerk told her, "You must have won big; you have to go to the Lottery office!"

She didn't know how big though, so she scratched the rest of the ticket at home where she revealed 10 words on a puzzle on the ticket, winning her a $2 million prize.

"I started screaming!" she told the Michigan Lottery. "Winning feels good and came at the perfect time."

She recently claimed her prize and chose to receive it as a one-time lump sum payment of about $1.3 million instead of annuity payments for the full amount.

She plans to use the money to pay bills and save the rest for her kids.

Colossal Cashword has three top prizes of $2,000,000. Two of the top prizes are still unclaimed.

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Kalamazoo County woman wins $2 million on instant lottery ticket