"She kept suggesting I buy a ticket," Johnson recalled. "We were passing a 7-Eleven, and even though I was feeling pretty tired, I pulled in and bought a ticket."
Johnson's ticket matched all five white balls in the Christmas Day Powerball drawing, 02-04-16-30-46, earning her a $1 million prize.
"The night of the drawing, I laid down in my bed for the night and I remembered I had a ticket for the Powerball drawing that night," Johnson said. "I got out of bed and checked my ticket and with each number I read, I got more excited. When I realized I won $1 million, I was shocked!"
Johnson said her plans for the money include paying off her student loans and treating her mother to a vacation.
"Winning and knowing I can pay off my student loans takes a lot of stress off me. I'm so glad I listened to my mom," she said.
