WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – A Wayne County said he couldn’t drive home after finding out he won $500,000 from a Michigan Lottery game.
The man won playing the Michigan Lottery’s new Emerald 7s instant game.
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The 58-year-old man chose to remain anonymous.
The man said he was at a store near closing time and was rushing to buy lottery tickets so the workers could shut down the machines.
When he scanned his ticket the machine displayed an error message.
The worker told him to check the app and that he “must have won big”.
“As soon as I scanned it, she asked what was wrong because of the look on my face, so I told her I’d won $50,000. I looked down at my phone again and that’s when I realized it actually said $500,000,″ the man said “I had to go sit in my car and try to calm down because I was so excited and worked up that I couldn’t drive home.”
The man bought his winning ticket at the Kroger store, located at 39950 West 14 Mile Road in Commerce Township.
He recently visited Lottery headquarters to claim his prize.
“Winning $500,000 is a huge relief. I’m going to pay off every single bill I have and then decide what to do with the rest later,” the man said.