Michigan Lottery: Man wins $3.4M Lotto 47 jackpot with ticket bought at Meijer gas station

The outdated saying that it solely takes one ticket to win proved true for a Battle Creek man who gained a $3.39 million Lotto 47 jackpot from the Michigan Lottery.

The fortunate participant, who selected to stay nameless, matched the successful Lotto 47 numbers drawn April 20: 04-06-11-17-23-31. He purchased his successful ticket on the Meijer fuel station, situated at 1174 Centerville Street in Sturgis. Sturgis is about 45 miles south of Kalamazoo.

“I play Lotto 47 recurrently and all the time purchase one ticket for the drawing,” mentioned the 45-year-old winner. “Retailer clerks normally say: ‘Only one?’ and I all the time inform them: ‘It solely takes one to win.’

“I didn’t notice I had gained for a few weeks. I stack my tickets up, after which my spouse scans them on the app to see if we gained. When she scanned this ticket, she instructed me we’d gained however I used to be sure she was simply joking with me. When she began crying, I knew it wasn’t a joke in any respect.”

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The winner visited Lottery headquarters not too long ago to assert his large prize. He selected to obtain his prize as one lump-sum cost of about $2.3 million, moderately than annuity funds for the complete quantity.

“For now, I’m going to place this within the financial institution and let all of it sink in. Profitable is simply an incredible blessing,” the winner mentioned.

Every Lotto 47 play is barely $1. Gamers choose six numbers from one to 47 for an opportunity to win a jackpot beginning at $1 million and that grows till somebody wins it. For a further $1 per play, Double Play could also be added to a Lotto 47 ticket, giving gamers a second likelihood to win as much as $1.5 million within the nightly Double Play drawing. For a further $1 per sport, gamers might add EZMatch to their ticket for an opportunity to win as much as $500 immediately. Lotto 47 drawings happen on Wednesday and Saturday at 7:29 p.m. Tickets could also be bought at a retailer or on-line at MichiganLottery.com till 7:08 p.m. on the day of the drawing.