A Michigan woman bought a stack of scratch-off lottery tickets to give as gifts and the only one she kept for herself turned out to be a $1 million winner.

“Just minutes away,” the relative was making a quick stop to buy a lottery ticket as a birthday gift, lottery officials said. When the whole family was present, “it was time to open gifts,” and the woman came across the $5 Holiday Luck Doubler, lottery officials said. Slowly, she scratched the ticket.

A Michigan woman gifted her relatives lottery tickets for Christmas, hoping one of them would be the “big” one. But it was hers — the one she kept for herself — that left her stunned, lottery officials said.

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - A 66-year-old woman in Clinton County gave herself quite the Christmas present this year. The player, who chose to remain anonymous, won $1 million in the Michigan Lottery’s Major Cashword Instant Game.

A Clinton County woman’s yearly tradition landed her a $1 million jackpot prize while she was playing the Michigan Lottery’s Major Cashword instant game. “I bought several lottery tickets to give to family members as Christmas gifts,