LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A 68-year-old man from Livingston County got very lucky while on vacation.
Paul Pattwell won $220,000 after accidentally buying two Fantasy 5 tickets for the same drawing, one from Krist Food Mark in Charlevoix and the other at Toski Sands Party Store in Petoskey.
Pattwell told Michigan Lottery officials he had played the same set of Fantasy 5 numbers for years and was shocked he won.
“I’ve been playing the same sets of Fantasy 5 numbers for years and I play them every day,” said Pattwell in a statement. “My wife and I were on a camping trip Up North, and I couldn’t remember if I had bought my Fantasy 5 ticket, so I stopped at the store and bought one.”…