Overview

• Wishing Fish bought a $10 Ultimate Bonus Payout ticket on a whim at a Cary Jewel-Osco and revealed a $1 million prize after scratching it at home.
• She said the ticket called to her amid rows of other games and that she realized her win while enjoying a chocolate bar to Pink Floyd’s “Money.”
• The Cary Jewel-Osco outlet will receive a $10,000 bonus, equal to 1% of the prize, for selling the winning ticket.
• The winner plans to share her windfall with about 15 family members—giving her three grown children the largest shares—and to help a friend with four children secure an apartment.
• This marks the 35th scratch-off prize of $1 million or more in Illinois this year as over 35 million winning tickets have paid out more than $937 million in total prizes.