Morning biscuit leads to $1 million lottery win for Tennessee mom. ‘I was yelling’

A breakfast biscuit helped a Tennessee mother win $1 million in the lottery on the way to work.

Tara W., whose full name was not disclosed, picked up a lottery ticket along with her breakfast at Three Corners Market in Unionville as she headed to work last week with her husband, according to lottery officials.

Tara bought a $1 Million Blowout instant ticket and said she started celebrating.

“I was yelling and carrying on,” Tara told lottery officials. “We had to send a photo of the ticket to show our kids because they didn’t believe me.”

Tara, who runs a construction company with her husband, told lottery officials she was grateful for the win.

There is one more million-dollar prize left in the $1 Million Blowout game, according to the Tennessee Lottery.

Unionville is about 50 miles south of Nashville.

This story was originally published August 19, 2022 at 4:03 PM with the headline "Morning biscuit leads to $1 million lottery win for Tennessee mom. ‘I was yelling’."

Alison Cutler

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Alison Cutler is a National Real Time Reporter for the Southeast at McClatchy. She graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and previously worked for The News Leader in Staunton, VA, a branch of USAToday.