The last number was nine.
So Million won the $17,689 Hyundai car.
After being told the first digit was 1 in the Lucky Seven game, Million guessed the second number was 7 and was right. Then she guessed 5 and the number was 6. Then she guessed 3 and the number was 8, leaving her $1 out of her original $7.
“That was amazing,” Carey said.
Million qualified to win the car because her guess on the price of an iPhone 10 with a charger was the closest of the contestants. She guessed $1,200 and the retail price was $1,209.
Ironically, Million said, one of her cousins recently bought an iPhone 10.
When she ran onto the stage, Carey, a native of Cleveland, asked where she was from. She said Middletown, Ohio.
He said he would “root extra hard for her” because she was from Ohio.
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Million, 24, a 2012 Middletown High School graduate, called the experience “amazing” and said Carey made her feel comfortable.
“It was a thrill,” Million, who said she grew up watching the game show, told the Journal-News.
Million said she guessed nine for the last digit in the price of the car because that had been her soccer jersey number since she was 3 years old. Her birthday also is Oct. 9.
Million was in California with three Ohio University classmates: her cousin, Ayanna Morgan from Middletown, Rachel Woods from Columbus and Zari Rose from California. They take a girls trip every year, she said, and this summer, they traveled to Los Angeles.
Million’s win means she will have to pay the 7 percent sales tax, or $1,238.23, for the car, she said.
Million hopes to pick up the car in a few weeks. She’ll be easy to spot: the car will have a “Price is Right” license plate.
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