An Illinois woman is $1 million richer after winning on a lottery ticket she forgot about. During a grocery trip to the Jewel-Osco supermarket in Elmhurst in October, she made the last-minute decision to pick up a lottery ticket for the Lucky Day Lotto, a daily draw game in Illinois. The ticket was set for an evening drawing on October 20.

An Illinois woman won $1 million from a lottery ticket in her purse that she had completely forgotten about. The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, explained how the ticket had been an impulsive purchase from a Jewel-Osco grocery store in Elmhurst,

A $1 lottery ticket made an Illinois woman $1 million richer after she forgot her lottery ticket in her purse.

The woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, bought a Lucky Day Lotto ticket for the Oct. 20 drawing at a Jewel-Osco in west suburban Elmhurst, the Illinois Lottery said.

An Illinois woman tucked a Lucky Day Lotto ticket into her purse and forgot about it before discovering it was a $1 million winner.

A woman in Illinois won $1 million from a forgotten lottery ticket she rediscovered in her purse, according to a recent announcement from the Illinois Lottery.

An Illinois woman put a lottery ticket in her purse and forgot about it. She ended up winning a big jackpot. She said she purchased the ticket on a whim at a Jewel-Osco grocery store in Elmhurst, Illinois.

Her ticket purchase was not only unplanned, it was also forgotten, she said in an Illinois Lottery press release, requesting to remain anonymous. “While on my way to visit my aunt, I made a quick stop at Jewel to pick up a few groceries,