- A 71-year-old woman won a five-figure slot machine jackpot during a church outing at a casino.
- Employees at a bank in Michigan said her check was fraudulent.
- “I was just terrified,” Lizzie Pugh said.
At 71, Lizzie Pugh thought the days of Jim Crow and getting bullied for being the only Black kid in school in 1960s Alabama were far behind her – until she wound up in a bank with a fat check in her hand.
The Detroit public schools retiree had won a five-figure slot machine jackpot during a church outing at a casino, and went to the bank to deposit it.