“Congratulations to Michigan’s newest millionaire on his life-changing prize,” Michigan Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli said
NEED TO KNOW
- The Michigan Lottery revealed that a 50-year-old man from Wayne County won $4 million from a scratch-off ticket
- The winner has decided to take home his prize right away as a one-time lump sum payment of about $2.7 million
- “It was unreal,” the man said in a statement after winning
A 50-year-old Michigan man is plotting how to spend — and save — his fortune after winning a $4 million prize from a scratch-off ticket.
The man, who has chosen to remain anonymous, played the Michigan Lottery’s $4,000,000 Winner game and won the namesake prize. Instead of receiving the $4 million in annuity payments, he opted to take home his prize right away as a one-time lump sum payment of about $2.7 million.
“I like playing the $30 games and saw on the prizes remaining page on MichiganLottery.com that $4,000,000 Winner still had all three top prizes remaining, so I went to the store to buy a ticket,” the man from Wayne County said in a statement. “The store had three $4,000,000 Winner tickets left, so I bought all three, scratched the barcodes and scanned the tickets.”
“One of the tickets came back with a message to file a claim, so I knew I had to have won one of the big prizes, but I was too nervous to scratch the ticket,” the winner recalled. “The next day, once I calmed down a bit, I scanned the ticket on the Michigan Lottery app and started screaming when $4 million came up on the screen! It was unreal.”…