It was a normal day at work for a Webster City woman until she saw a message from her best friend, saying that someone in her community had just won $1 million in Powerball®.
Lynne Kannuan admits she usually waits for weeks before she checks the results of her lottery tickets. But after hearing from her friend, she got out her ticket, logged onto the Iowa Lottery website, and checked the winning numbers. She says she had to check the results twice before she started to believe she’d won big.
Then she went straight to her boss’s office. But when she got there, all she could say was, “Um …”
She finally got the words out that she may have won $1 million. Her boss also went to the lottery website to check the winning numbers, and she agreed!
Pausing To Make A Plan
Lynne says she immediately told her husband, Pat, and their adult sons, but then the couple stayed quiet for about six weeks while they consulted a financial planner and lawyer. Lynne claimed her prize today at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Clive through the Lynne Kannuan Living Trust.
She says she and her husband plan to pay bills, invest, and share some of the winnings with family. And Lynne says she’ll get a newer car.
The couple, who both immigrated as children to the United States from Laos, talked about how far they’ve come, literally and figuratively. But they plan to just go about their normal days. Lynne describes her winnings as the perfect amount: “Not too much, not too little, just right.”
A Small Prize Led To Something BIGGER
Lynne bought her winning ticket at Fareway, 942 Second St. in Webster City, while stopping for groceries on her way home from work. She says she had a $5-winning scratch ticket in her purse, so she used a portion of that prize to buy a Powerball ticket. And her next win was MUCH bigger!
The winning numbers in the Aug. 5 Powerball drawing were: 29-42-44-51-54 and Powerball 12. The Power Play® number was 2. Lynne’s ticket was the only one in the country to win a $1 million prize that night.
Fareway received a $1,000 bonus from the Iowa Lottery for selling the $1 million-winning ticket.
Good for her!
Posted by: Dale | September 21, 2024 at 09:09 AM