Saginaw County man wins $4 million on Michigan Lottery instant ticket
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Mandi Wright, Wochit
“We just won $4 million!”
That’s what a Saginaw County man shouted as he scratched off a Michigan Lottery instant ticket at a gas station after receiving a confusing message on a lottery scanner, according to the Michigan Lottery.
The 52-year-old man, who wished to remain anonymous, purchased two Ultimate Instant Tickets valued at $4,000,000 at a supermarket, scratched off the barcodes and scanned the tickets in the store.
When he scanned the first ticket, he received a message asking him to make a claim. He scanned the ticket again and received the same message, making him think the scanner was broken. Then when he scanned the second ticket, a message appeared that he expected, which confused him.
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Finally, he went to his car to scratch off the ticket.
“I went to my car to get gas and scratched the ticket off while I waited. It’s hard to describe what I felt when I saw the winning amount,” he told the Michigan Lottery. “I got in the car and screamed, ‘We just won $4 million!'”
The man purchased the $30 ticket at the Fastlane convenience store at 3540 State Street in Saginaw.
He recently claimed his prize and opted to receive it as a one-time lump sum payment of approximately $2.7 million.
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He wants to use the money to buy property and invest.
The $4,000,000 Ultimate Game features three grand prizes totaling $4 million, two of which have yet to be claimed.
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