Woman slept with a lottery ticket under her pillow for good luck — she woke up $2 million richer

A woman from Arkansas went to bed hoping for a little luck—and woke up a millionaire. After keeping her lottery ticket under her pillow for good fortune, she discovered the next morning that she had won a staggering $2 million. Talk about manifestation! According to officials, the woman, who chose to stay anonymous, had bought $15 worth of tickets during a stop at a Circle K in Maumelle.

That night, the woman decided to follow her quirky good-luck ritual, which had once also won her $100,000. In the morning, she checked the numbers and realized she had won again. She told the officials, “I said I was going to win big.” That evening, the winning numbers drawn were 3, 8, 41, 46, 64, with Powerball 18, as reported by Market Realist. The woman matched five numbers but didn’t get the Powerball 18, as reported by the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. She still won her $2 million thanks to the 2X Power Play. If she had matched the Powerball too, she would have won a whopping $504.1 million.

She said, “I can’t believe this. Little old me. Your new millionaire, right here in Arkansas.” Feeling grateful, she called her children to tell them about the miracle. The woman plans to leave her apartment and buy a new house with the money. She revealed that she will keep betting her odds, hoping for an even bigger win one day. The store at Circle K where the winning ticket was sold reportedly also earned a $20,000 bonus from the Lottery win, as reported by USA Today.

As the story broke, on YouTube, a person @misspretty1ification said, “I was shocked this was in Maumelle, Arkansas, a suburb outside of Little Rock, our town. She won on my daughter's birthday, December 15. Crazy, beautiful story. I thought I was gonna win. Glad someone in Arkansas did; it's rare.” Another person, who goes by the username @Divine-pg1wm, echoed, “CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS OUT THERE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.” The woman is now confident that she will win the jackpot in her next attempt.

In another similar incident, a minor mix-up at a gas station changed the life of one woman from Virginia. Kelly Lindsay intended to buy a specific lottery ticket — but the clerk allegedly handed her a different one. At first, she was angry at the situation, but that wrong ticket turned out to be a miracle in disguise. While sitting in her car in the parking lot, Lindsay scratched her lottery ticket and realized that she had won a staggering $2 million, as reported by Fox Business. Officials said, "Ms. Lindsay had the choice of taking the full $2 million prize in annual payments over 30 years or a one-time cash option of $1,250,000 before taxes. She chose the cash option."