Scratching a Lucky Ticket Changed Everything For This Michigan Man

Some people dream of playing the lottery and winning so big that they can retire.

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A Michigan man who recently hit it big on a scratch-off ticket is closer to that goal.

The big winner chose to remain anonymous, but did share with the Michigan Lottery what led to him purchasing the winning lottery ticket.

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The 66-year-old man is from St. Joseph and decided to play a newer game that he's never played before.

“I typically only play $5 and $10 tickets, but $2,000,000 Lucky was one of the newer games at the store I usually go to, so I gave it a try, Game five was the last part of the ticket I scratched, so when I revealed the first ‘$2MIL’ symbol I thought: ‘Well this ticket is a loser,’ because I never thought I’d actually win the $2 million top prize."

But he did win, after scratching off the second $2MIL symbol he went back into the store and had the worker scan it.

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The man then handed him a slip that said to file a claim at the Lottery office and that’s when he knew he had just won $2 million!

The man took the winning ticket to Michigan Lottery headquarters in Lansing and decided to get the one-time lump payment which is around $1.3 million.

He now plans to retire and enjoy his time traveling.