Illinois Woman Wins $1 Million Lottery: A woman from Illinois won a $1 million lottery from a scratch-off and gives away over $100,000 to the needy ones.
In a press release, the Illinois Lottery department said that the Illinois woman whose name is Antoinette Toni Green won a $1 million lottery after buying a $10 Monopoly 50X scratch-off ticket in Aurora.
The Illinois woman, Antoinette Toni Green lives in Aurora which is about 41 miles west of Chicago.
As per the reports, Ruby’s Liquor owner, Anup Singh told the Illinois Lottery department, “Toni has won a few smaller prizes here and (claimed) our store as her ‘lucky store’ – (she has) been coming regularly ever since.”
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“My son, Jas, was working the day she won the million-dollar prize. He said she scratched the ticket and started screaming ‘Oh my gosh!’ She then had him scan the ticket multiple times, and sure enough − the $1 million prize was real.”
The Ruby’s Liquor owner, Anup Singh on Jas and Toni Green was shocked and couldn’t believe that they had won the lottery.
Antoinette Toni Green said, “The clerk couldn’t believe it and I couldn’t believe it, He said Toni, sign your ticket and go straight home − you won a million dollars! I sat in my car in front of Ruby’s in total shock, and then I had an epiphany – I can help others, I can make a difference in somebody’s life with this money.”
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Meanwhile, the owner of the shop also received a 1% bonus, which was worth $10,000 for selling the ticket.
Green shares her sad story with the lottery department, she said that she use to work as a school bus driver before the COVID-19 outbreak and then got a job as
a Certified Medical Assistant.
She is also known as a generous person as before winning the lottery, she often helped strangers.
She also added, “I get joy out of seeing other people’s happiness – and wondering how I can help be a part of that. The other day I overheard a young woman who could only afford a gallon of gas, and I paid the clerk to fill up her tank, It’s not about what you can do for yourself, but what you can do for others.”
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