Laura Spears, a 55-year-old from Oakland County, Michigan, didn’t expect to find $3 million dollars when she went looking through her email account’s spam folder. But while she was there, searching for a different message, she found an email that would change her life. Spears had won the Mega Millions on December 31, the Michigan Lottery announced on Friday, and because she had opted to pay an extra $1 for her ticket to earn the “megaplier” upgrade, the $1 million prize turned into $3 million.
