'I didn't believe it;' Wayne County lotto winner thought her $100,000 prize was a scam

“I got a call one afternoon and the caller ID showed it was from the state of Michigan which I thought was strange,” said the player. “I assumed it was a scam call and I almost didn’t answer, but then decided to at the last minute.'

happened after the lottery player had bought tickets for the Diamond Riches Second Chance game where only one player wins the top prize of $100,000. The woman, identified only as a 62-year-old, said she earned the entires for the giveaway from scanning non-winning tickets from the Diamond Riches game on the Michigan Lottery app.

"When the woman said she was with the Michigan Lottery calling to inform me of my $100,000 prize, I didn’t believe it."

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