Jan. 31 (UPI) —<\/span> A Michigan man who won a $500 lottery prize said he spent some of his winnings on five $30 scratch-off tickets and ended up winning a $4 million jackpot.<\/p>\n The 74-year-old Macomb County man told Michigan Lottery officials his lucky streak began with a $500 prize from a scratch-off ticket.\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n “I buy tickets twice a week, and I had hit for $500 on my previous purchase so I decided to buy five of the $150 Million Cash Explosion tickets,” the player said.<\/p>\n The man said he scratched off the barcodes while still inside the Smoker’s Outlet of Warren store and used the shop’s scanner to see if he had won any prizes.<\/p>\n “The first was a $100 winner and the last one said to file a claim,” the player said.<\/p>\n The last ticket turned out to be a $4 million top prize winner.<\/p>\n “When I saw that message, I knew it had to be big. I finished scratching the ticket and I was floored when I saw the $4 million prize. I’m still in shock and, I know it won’t hit me until the check is in the bank,” the winner said.\n<\/p>\n The man said his winnings will allow him to buy a new vehicle, travel and share some money with his family.<\/p>\n “I keep looking at the ticket expecting to realize that I am seeing it wrong, I can’t believe I won $4 million,” the player said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Michigan man who won $500 from a scratch-off lottery ticket said he decided to spend some of his winnings on five $30 tickets and ended up winning a $4 million jackpot. Photo courtesy of the Michigan Lottery Jan. 31 (UPI) — A Michigan man who won a $500 lottery prize said he spent some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":774562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-odd-but-true"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n<\/div>\nA Michigan man who won $500 from a scratch-off lottery ticket said he decided to spend some of his winnings on five $30 tickets and ended up winning a $4 million jackpot. Photo courtesy of the Michigan Lottery<\/p>\n