Brandi Chislett-Barnes with a big check.
Michigan Lottery
A husband and wife who love playing Michigan Lottery’s Wild Time games stopped at a gas station to buy two Ruby Red Wild Time tickets.
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Then, once back in their car, Brandi Chislett-Barnes began to scratch off the instant game tickets, according to a March 3 news release from the Michigan Lottery. One of those scratchers was a big winner.
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“When I saw I won $500,000, I started screaming and crying,” the 35-year-old woman from Oxford told lottery officials. “I showed my family the winning prize amount and they all started cheering!”
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She recently went to claim her prize, officials said, and she plans to use the winnings to buy a home and save.
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“Winning this money means everything to our family and came at the perfect time,” Chislett-Barnes said in the release.
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The winning ticket was sold at a BP gas station in Oxford, about 40 miles northwest of downtown Detroit.
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