Chicago woman says luck from social media post won lottery

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Emma Ramos, 76, says it was the luck passed on through a social media post that won her the $133,333 jackpot prize in the May 24 evening drawing. Her Quick Pick ticket matched all five numbers.

"All I did was share a post on social media that said, 'share this and money will come to you,' and three days later I won the Lottery!" Ramos said.

Ramos is a retired dentist who is married with two children, and has been living in Illinois for more than 50 years. She was Bockwinkle's at 155 North Harbor Drive in Chicago to buy a soda when she decided, on a whim, to purchase a $1 Lucky Day Lotto Quick Pick ticket. When she returned to the store to check the numbers, the clerk informed her she'd won. She rushed back to the car where her husband was waiting and said to him, "Kiss me honey, I think we're rich!"

Three winning tickets shared the May 24 $400,000 jackpot, netting the winners $133,333 each. Ramos plans to use her winnings to play bills and take a vacation, possibly to the Philippines, her home country.

When asked for her advice to other lottery players she simply said, "Believe anything's possible!"