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Deborah Berschback of Royal Oak, Michigan, won the best Mother's Day gift she probably never expected when she won $500,000 playing Powerball over Mother’s Day weekend. Her plans for the winnings are to pay off her home and then save the rest of the money. Berschback, who was with her husband when she got the winning ticket, told lottery officials, "When I scanned the ticket on the lottery app and the amount of $500,000 came up on the screen, we couldn't believe it. We both looked the ticket over what seemed like 100 times. We were shaking the whole way home!
A Royal Oak Michigan woman is still in a daze after winning a $500,000 Powerball prize from the Michigan Lottery.
Deborah Berschbach matched the five white balls – 14-22-38-56-60– in the May 7 Powerball Double Play drawing to win a $500,000 prize. She bought her winning ticket at Star Market, located at 1806 West 13 Mile Road in Royal Oak.
“I stopped and purchased a ticket before heading to our cottage for the weekend,” said Berschbach. “On our way home Sunday, I got the ticket out to check it, and my husband said: ‘Wouldn’t it be something if you won big for Mother’s Day?’
“When I scanned the ticket on the Lottery app and the amount of $500,000 came up on the screen, we couldn’t believe it. We both looked the ticket over what seemed like 100 times. We were shaking the whole way home!”