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Up North man wins $1 million on Michigan Lottery instant ticket
A Michigan man decided to test his lucky streak on a Michigan Lottery instant game and ended up winning $1 million.
The 42-year-old Emmet County man won the prize on a Diamond Wild Time ticket, according to the Michigan Lottery.
"I have been playing this game since it came out because I have had pretty good luck with it," the man told the Michigan Lottery. "I stopped to get an energy drink and saw they had the Diamond Wild Time game, so I purchased one ticket.
'When I scratched the ticket and saw I won $1 million, I had to pinch myself because I thought I was dreaming! I drove straight to my sister's house to show her, and she thought it was one of those prank lottery tickets. She scanned it on her Michigan Lottery app, and that's when we knew I really did just win $1 million. Winning such a big prize is shocking, overwhelming, and everything in between.'
He purchased his ticket at Tom and Dick's Inc. located at 921 Emmet St. in Petoskey.
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He recently collected his prize and opted to receive the winnings as a one-time lump sum payment of about $634,000 instead of annuity payments for the full amount.
He plans to use the money to buy a car and invest.
Diamond Wild Time tickets cost $20 each. The game started with three top prizes of $1,000,000 and all have been claimed.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan Lottery: Emmet County man wins $1M on instant ticket
