A Michigan woman won a huge prize when she chose a different lottery ticket than the one she wanted. “The store didn’t have the game I wanted to buy, so I decided to try my luck on the Wild Cherry game,” the Kent County woman, who chose to remain anonymous, told lottery officials, according to a March 14 news release from the Michigan Lottery.

A 51-year-old Wayne County woman won $25,000 a year for life playing the Michigan Lottery's Lucky For Life game.

KENT COUNTY, MI – A Michigan woman was forced to play a different lottery game than usual, and it ended up winning her $1 million. The Kent County resident, who chose to remain anonymous, won the big prize playing the Wild Cherry instant game.

"I gave the ticket back to the clerk and had her check it. She helped me scratch the rest of it off, and when she saw I had hit $1 million, she screamed, 'She just won $1 million!'" The player elected to receive her prize as a one-time lump sum payment of about $693,

A woman in Kent County is planning on buying a home after winning the lottery. The woman, who chose to remain anonymous, one $1 million from a scratch-off ticket, the Michigan Lottery said in a release.