Lilia Martinez was grocery shopping with her sisters when she bought a $1 The Good Life instant Lottery ticket and won $1,000 A Week for 20 Years. “When I saw The Good Life ticket I immediately thought I should try it. This is the first time I ever played this game!”

Martinez was outside the store when she used a penny to scratch her ticket. “I thought I won $1,000, and then my two sisters looked at the ticket and told me I won $1,000 every week for the next 20 years!” The lucky Hoffman Estates resident and her husband, Jose, both originally from Mexico, plan to invest for retirement and help their two sons pay for their education. “This lottery win will make our lives easier,” she said.

On Tuesday, Illinois Lottery officials presented her with a ceremonial check at Jewel, located at 1069 North Roselle Road in Hoffman Estates. “I have been shopping at this Jewel store for 20 years,” Martinez said. For selling the winning ticket, Jewel will receive a bonus of $10,400, equal to 1 percent of the prize amount.