Flint Woman Has a ‘Lucky Lottery Machine’ That Made Her a $300K Winner
A Flint woman says she has a 'lucky machine' from which she always buys her Michigan Lottery tickets and that strategy finally paid off.
Loyalty Finally Pays Off
Renae Shelby won a whopping $300,000 on an Emerald Green Wild Time scratch-off ticket. She always buys her tickets at Khouris Market on Davison Road in Flint.
“I always purchase my tickets from the same self-serve machine, and I call it my ‘lucky machine,’" she tells the Michigan Lottery. “I had some winning tickets, so I cashed them at the machine and used my credits towards a few Emerald Green Wild Time tickets."
So Excited, She Could Barely Speak
Shelby goes on to say that she was in utter disbelief when she realized she had won such a huge sum of money.
“I started scratching the tickets when I got in my car, and when I saw I’d won $300,000, I was in shock! I called my son right away and he thought he was going to have to call 911 because I felt like I couldn’t breathe and could barely get my words out to tell him I’d won $300,000. It was so exciting!”
Shelby says she plans to save her winnings and notes that the jackpot has opened doors and presented her with opportunities that weren't previously available.
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