A lottery machine jam turned out to be a blessing after it made one Illinois Lottery player $9.2 million richer .
The winning $2 Lotto ticket was purchased on Aug. 24 in Addison, about 20 miles west of Chicago. The lucky winner, who chose to remain anonymous, did not claim his prize for some time, the Illinois Lottery said.
“It was a normal day, just like any other. I was picking up groceries … and on my way out the door I decided to buy a lottery ticket,” the winner told Illinois Lottery officials.
“I actually wanted to buy a ticket for a different game and the machine got stuck on Lotto,” he continued. “I was a bit frustrated.”
After waiting for the machine to cooperate, the man gave up.
“I said, ‘What is going on? The machine won’t give me the right game,’” he said. “So, I decided I may as well buy the Lotto ticket.”
The winning numbers were: 2 , 15 , 21 , 29 , 42 and 44 .
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