Woman wins $100K on scratch ticket she got for Christmas

Published January 9, 2020 6:08pm CST

CHIPPEWA COUNTY -- A northwest Wisconsin woman received a Christmas gift that'll be hard to top.

Janet Pahl, of Stanley, was gifted Wisconsin Lottery scratch-off tickets for the holiday. Luckily for her, one of the tickets happened to be worth $100,000, the Wisconsin Lottery says.

The odds of winning the prize, which was won on a "Celebrate" ticket, are 1 in 240,000, Wisconsin Lottery says.

Wisconsin Lottery also says there is one unclaimed top prize in the game.