Kent County man realizes old Powerball ticket in wallet is worth $1 million

A Michigan man handed over a few old Powerball tickets to pay for a pop and found out one was worth $1 million.

Kent County player Michael Vander Lugt had carried the winning ticket in his wallet for nearly two months before a cashier scanned it and told him to file a claim, according to the Michigan Lottery.

“I recently stopped at the party store to get a pop but realized when checking out that I didn’t have enough cash on me,” he said. “Rather than use my card, I handed the cashier a few Powerball tickets from my wallet that I knew I had won at least a few bucks on…

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