A 24-year-old woman from Port Huron who was working as a medical assistant and bartender has struck it rich.
Kelsey Zachow won the $66 million Mega Million jackpot, WXYZ reports. She bought it at Sonny's Mart in Mt. Clemens
"I don't have to work any more," she said.
She talked about her reaction when learning that she had won.
At first, she said, she could barely breathe.
“When the clerk at the store told me I had a big winner I was positive that he was mistaken,” said Zachow, according to WXYZ. “There was a long line in the store behind me, so I decided to leave and looked the numbers up on MichiganLottery.com when I got into my car. That’s when I realized I had won the jackpot and could barely breathe.”
She ran into the house to tell her boyfriend.
“I was screaming ‘I won! I won!’ at the top of my lungs and he came running into the room,” said Zachow. “I was yelling so much that he thought I had been in a car accident or hit someone on my way home. I told him I had a $66 million ticket in my hand and he didn’t believe me. He finally looked at the ticket and couldn’t believe his eyes.”
She said she'll take the money in a lump sum after taxes and use some to set up for her and her boyfriend's two kids and her baby brother.
