A woman put a lottery ticket in her purse and forgot about it. She ended up winning $1 million
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.