Store was out of his usual lottery tickets. Trying new ones won Michigan man millions
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A Michigan man couldn’t get his usual lottery tickets when he went to a gas station, but it was a blessing in disguise.
The 60-year-old man, who is choosing to remain anonymous, went to a Speedway in Midland to buy his favorite scratch-offs — but they were completely sold out, lottery officials said in a Feb. 9 release.
Still looking to play, he settled for something different.
“I usually play the Ultimate Millions or $60,000,000 Cash Blowout game,” he told lottery officials. “When I stopped at the gas station, I asked for those two tickets and they had sold out of them, so I decided to try the new Lucky X100 game.”
He got back in his car and started scratching, revealing a $2 million prize.
“I saw I’d won the $2 million prize, I was in total shock! I called my wife right away and told her I was on my way home with amazing news,” he said.
The winner collected his prize at the lottery headquarters in one lump sum of $1.3 million, instead of receiving the full $2 million over 30 payments, the release said.
“I have won smaller amounts of a couple hundred dollars in the past, but I always believed I would win a big prize one day. I can’t believe it finally happened,” he said.
He told officials he plans on sharing the wealth with family, investing it, and also buying a new car.
This story was originally published February 9, 2022 at 8:04 AM with the headline "Store was out of his usual lottery tickets. Trying new ones won Michigan man millions."