When Geraldine Gimblet's daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer, she took action.
"My mom had taken out her life savings to take care of me when I was sick," Gimblet's daughter said.
The day before her daughter's last cancer treatment, the Florida resident was at a convenience store in Lakeland. While she was there, she decided to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket.
She specifically wanted the $2,000,000 Bonus Cashword ticket.
But it almost didn't happen.
"At first, the gas station clerk thought there were no tickets left, but I asked him to double check because I like the crossword games the best," Gimblet said. "He found the last one!"
That ticket turned out to be a winner - worth a whopping $2 million.
Her daughter and granddaughter were with her last Friday when she claimed her big prize at lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.
"I'm just so happy for her," said Gimblet's daughter.
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Gimblet choose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1.645 million, according to the Florida State Lottery.
The $10 scratch-off game launched last May and features eight top prizes of $2 million and 20 second-tier prizes of $100,000.
