The woman said it wasn’t until she visited a store to check a different Powerball ticket that she found the forgotten slip of paper in her purse and decided to scan it.
The ticket, which had spent more than a month in her bag, turned out to be a $50,000 winner.
“I am just so grateful and happy,” the winner said.
She said some of the money will go toward paying off her student loans.
“It’s a good present for me,” she said.