A lucky punter has told how she was so shocked when she won an amazing USD 500,000 jackpot she burst into tears on the spot.

Astonished Brandi Chislett-Barnes, 35, – from Oxford, Michigan State, USA – had bought two scratch card tickets at a service station.

And when she brought them back to the car to scratch off, she could not believe when she realised she had won half a million.

Newsflash obtained a statement from the Michigan Lottery dated Friday, 3rd March, quoting Chislett-Barnes as saying: “Me and my husband love playing the Wild Time games.

“We stopped at the gas station and purchased two Wild Time tickets and scratched them when we got in the car.

“When I saw I won USD 500,000 [GBP 415,630], I started screaming and crying.

“I showed my family the winning prize amount and they all started cheering!

“Winning this money means everything to our family and came at the perfect time.”

Michigan State Lottery officials said Brandi had claimed her prize at Lottery headquarters and plans to buy a house and save the remainder.

The lottery officials also said: “Players have won more than USD 22 million [GBP 18.2 million] playing Ruby Red Wild Time which launched in September.

“Each USD 10 [GBP 8.31] ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from USD 10 up to USD 500,000. More than USD 33 million [GBP 27.42 million] in prizes remain, including one USD 500,000 top prize, 78 USD 10,000 [GBP 8,310] prizes, and 132 USD 1,000 [GBP 831] prizes.”