LANSING, MI -- A Tuscola County woman got the shock of a lifetime when she realized she won more than she thought after playing the Hot Jackpot instant lottery game, even though her husband initially didn't believe she won at all.

"Our refrigerator died a few days ago and I was cleaning it out when I took a break to scratch my Hot Jackpot ticket," said the woman who chose to remain anonymous. "When I saw the matching '28' symbols I was excited because I thought I'd won $50,000.

"My husband has always been skeptical of the Lottery, so when I called him up to the house from our pole barn to tell him the good news he told me 'Don't get your hopes up.'"

After looking at the ticket again, the couple celebrated briefly, before returning to the Thumb Meat Market, located at 200 East Frank Street in Caro, where the woman bought the ticket.

It was there that the couple got even better news.

"I did some shopping while my husband showed the manager the ticket," said the woman. "After a little while, my husband finds me in the store to tell me that the manager had informed him we didn't win $50,000, but actually had won $500,000.

"At that moment I couldn't stop trembling. Even I couldn't believe we'd won that much."

With her winnings, the woman plans to take a trip to Hawaii, pay some bills, donate to a church and help a few friends in need.

"God has blessed me, and now I'm going to bless some others," said the woman. "I feel like I have an angel watching over me."

Following the big win, the woman's husband says he has a new outlook on the lottery.

"She made a believer out of me, that's for sure. I'll never question her buying a Lottery ticket again," he said.