CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago woman won big in the Illinois Lottery while she was doing her laundry.
Liyah Sangathit said she was trying to pass the time while at a laundromat, so she went to purchase a lottery ticket at a 7-Eleven in the 6200-block of North Sayre in the Norwood Park neighborhood. She instantly won $1 million while playing a scratch-off $10 Million Cash Bonanza ticket, the Illinois Lottery said.
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"If at first you don't succeed, dust yourself off and play again," Sangathit said of her win. She said she plans to buy a new car.
The 7-Eleven that sold the winning ticket will receive a bonus of $10,000, one percent of the prize amount.
Liyah Sangathit holds her winning $1 Million Cash Bonanza ticket. (Illinois Lottery)