Now retired, Jean Mayes spends her time doing what she loves most: cooking, baking and making memories with her family. Before retirement, Jean worked at Pace Dairy Foods Company in Crawfordsville, where she discovered her passion for food—a passion she now shares by cooking meals for her family. 

Outside of cooking, Jean enjoys playing Hoosier Lottery games. She plays Powerball® every Wednesday and Saturday as part of her weekly routine. She purchased her winning ticket at Kroger, one of her favorite places to buy her lottery tickets. 

Jean was at home enjoying her morning coffee when she checked her ticket using the Hoosier Lottery app. When the app prompted her to visit the Hoosier Lottery Prize Payment Office, she knew she had won something big. 

“At first, I thought I won $1 million,” Jean said. “Then I realized it was $2 million. I was shocked.” 

Jean immediately called her son and told him to come over to her house right away. 

“I thought she needed help fixing something at the house,” her son said. “Then she told me she thought she had won big.”

Her two sons were the first people she shared the news with, and they joined her at the Hoosier Lottery Prize Payment Office to claim her prize.

While she has not decided exactly what she will do with her winnings, Jean says she is thankful and hopes to take a family vacation with the people she loves most. 

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