Current:Home > Markets32-year-old purchased 2 lottery tickets this year. One made him a millionaire. -WealthSync Hub
32-year-old purchased 2 lottery tickets this year. One made him a millionaire.
View
Date:2025-04-16 20:08:46
Luck was on a Michigan man's side this week as he won $6 million from his lottery ticket, only the second ticket he had purchased this year.
According to the Michigan Lottery, the 32-year-old man from Wayne County, who chose to remain anonymous, won $6 million playing the 500X Money Maker instant game. He bought his ticket at the 7-Eleven on South Groesbeck Highway in Clinton Township, about 23 miles north of Detroit.
He only plays lottery games "every once in a while," he said. He chose his ticket because it was number 14, which is he and his wife's lucky number.
'I started hyperventilating!'
“I scratched the ticket off and when I saw I won $6 million, I started hyperventilating!" the man told Michigan Lottery officials. "I had to take the day off work because I was in a state of shock. I texted my wife and said: 'Lucky number 14.’ She jokingly replied: ‘What do you mean? Are we millionaires?' As soon as I got home, I told her the big news!"
The man chose to receive the prize as a one-time lump sum payment of about $4.1 million, and told lottery officials he plans to invest, help his family and start a business.
veryGood! (5)
Related
- 'Most Whopper
- Gayle King dishes on her SI Swimsuit cover, how bestie Oprah accommodates her needs
- Gov. Jim Justice tries to halt foreclosure of his West Virginia hotel as he runs for US Senate
- 5-time Olympian cyclist found dead in Las Vegas: 'May she rest in peace'
- Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
- Mega Millions winning numbers for August 20 drawing: Jackpot climbs to $527 million
- Man wanted on murder and armed robbery charges is in standoff with police at Chicago restaurant
- Army soldier in custody after pregnant wife Mischa Johnson goes missing in Hawaii
- 'Most Whopper
- Man shot by 2-year-old at Virginia home in what police call an accidental shooting
Ranking
- New Zealand official reverses visa refusal for US conservative influencer Candace Owens
- Bachelor Nation's Rachel Lindsay Shares Biggest Lesson Amid Bryan Abasolo Divorce
- Colts' Anthony Richardson tops 2024 fantasy football breakout candidates
- 3-year-old girl is among 9 people hurt in 2 shootings in Mississippi capital city
- 2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
- Man charged with stealing equipment from FBI truck then trading it for meth: Court docs
- The Daily Money: Scammers on campus
- Georgia, Ohio State start at top of college football's NCAA Re-Rank 1-134
Recommendation
'No Good Deed': Who's the killer in the Netflix comedy? And will there be a Season 2?
Colts' Anthony Richardson tops 2024 fantasy football breakout candidates
Stock market today: Wall Street slips and breaks an 8-day winning streak
Olympian Aly Raisman Shares Mental Health Advice for Jordan Chiles Amid Medal Controversy
Could your smelly farts help science?
'It Ends With Us' star Brandon Sklenar defends Blake Lively, Colleen Hoover amid backlash
Pumpkin Spice Latte officially back at Starbucks this week: Plus, a new apple-flavored drink
What Out of the Darkness Reveals About Aaron Rodgers’ Romances and Family Drama