Michigan Woman Finds $200K Winning Prize in Her Spam Folder

Sometimes important emails get trapped in your spam folder. It happened to a Macomb County woman who opened her spam folder and discovered she'd won a big prize from the Michigan Lottery.

Her Big Cash surprise win was $207,199.

Second Chance Drawing Surprise

The player tells the Michigan Lottery that she was a little confused when she discovered the email informing her that she had been selected in a random drawing on July 9.

"I didn’t know that by playing certain games online I was earning entries into a second chance drawing, so I was confused when I came across an email from the Michigan Lottery in my spam folder saying I’d won a $207,199 Big Cash Second Chance jackpot prize," she said. "After looking into it, I figured out how I had earned the entries, and then I checked three different times to make sure the email was real. This win is so exciting and couldn’t have come at a better time!"

The 54-year-old player has chosen to remain anonymous. She plans to use her winnings to pay bills and then invest.

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