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Minnesota Couple Cashes in for $1,000,000

Lee Grimmer and Henry Lasser of Elk River started playing Mega Millions when the game went on sale in Minnesota on Jan. 31. The couple purchased a four-line ticket for the March 5 drawing.

They added the Megaplier® multiplier option for an extra $1 per play.

And they are glad they did. A million times glad.

As they were on their way to the grocery store the next morning, Grimmer noticed that the billboard reported the Mega Millions jackpot at $12 million, so she knew somebody won the jackpot the previous night.

She went to the ticket checker at the customer service desk to scan the ticket while Lasser started shopping. “It said to claim the prize at the Lottery,” Grimmer recalled. “I signaled Henry to tell him we won something. I told him not to get too excited – we may have only won $1,000.”

After the couple returned home, Grimmer went online to get the winning numbers. “I spotted the first number and followed them across,” she said. She told Lasser, “’We didn’t get the Mega Ball® but we won $1 million!’ We grabbed each other and fell to our knees.”

While the couple claimed their $1 million prize on March 8, Lasser said, “I can’t believe this. It makes everyday life a bit easier.” Grimmer added, “I don’t think we’ve stopped smiling. We look at each other and start laughing!”

Grimmer and Lasser won $250,000 for matching the first five numbers drawn. Because they purchased the Megaplier option, their prize was multiplied by the Megaplier number (which was 4 for that drawing) to win $1 million. The winning Mega Millions numbers for March 5, 2010 are 11-31-34-44-52 and the Mega Ball is 32.

The winning ticket was purchased at Holiday, in Elk River, MInnesota.

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