A D.C. lady made historical past by successful a $2 million prize off a scratch-off ticket. Then, in true HBCU alum trend, she made certain all people would keep in mind her — whereas preserving her id a secret.
The Howard College graduate, who has labored as a civil servant for greater than 30 years, confirmed as much as the D.C. lottery workplaces carrying a shiny gold prime hat, golden greenback signal glasses, a shirt with a ruffled collar designed to appear like $100 payments and a face masks.
In April, DC Lottery launched the Excessive 500X Fortune, its first $50 scratcher. The sport options $18M in whole money prizes and a record-setting prime prize of $2M, the biggest prize quantity for a scratch recreation in DC Lottery historical past.
Though the winner says she enjoys her work as a civil servant and has been wanting into retirement choices, she rapidly admitted that successful the scratch-off alters a couple of of her plans now that she’s a millionaire.
“This adjustments every part!” she mentioned.
The girl, who described herself merely as “Journey Prepared,” selected to just accept a one-time cost of $1,520,000 for her winnings as a substitute of the annuitized funds to be remodeled 20 years.
