A Missouri woman was finally able to leave the house after a weeklong illness and won a $100,000 lottery prize. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
A Missouri Lottery player who was sick at home for a week finally managed to leave the house and scored a $100,000 prize.
The Cooper County woman told Missouri Lottery officials she had been stuck at home with an illness for a week when she felt the urge to get out.
“I was just like, ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do but I need to get out of the house,'” she said.
The trip outside included a stop at at Murphy Oil on Main Street in Boonville, where the player bought a soda and a Triple Cash Crossword scratch-off ticket.
The player was shocked to uncover a $100,000 top prize.
“I didn’t believe it, not at all,” she said. “I drove to another store and went in to have it checked.”
The clerk who checked the woman’s ticket ended up being equally surprised.
“I think she about fell down,” the winner said.
