Bugenske thought it was a prank call when she answered and Governor Mike DeWine was on the other line. She was even more skeptical when he said she won a million dollars.
"I came in screaming… that I had won a million dollars. I'm pretty sure I was jumping around and waving my hands as well. I don't know what else I could have said. I won a million dollars."
– 22-year-old Abbigail Bugenske, on becoming Ohio's first $1M Vax-a-Million winner pic.twitter.com/xZV7Ug7QxO
— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) May 28, 2021