With his winnings he plans to pay bills, help his family, and then save the remainder.Įach Fantasy 5 play is only $1.
The player recently visited Lottery headquarters to claim the big prize.
I scanned the correct ticket and started shaking when the prize amount of $313,197 came up on the screen. “I looked at the ticket again and realized I had scanned one from a few days ago, not the ticket for the drawing the night before. I looked to see where the winning tickets were sold and saw one of them was sold at the store I buy my tickets from. “I scanned my ticket using the ticket scanner in the app and got a ‘Not a Winner’ message. “I play Fantasy 5 regularly and check my tickets the morning after the drawing on the Michigan Lottery app,” said the player. He bought his winning ticket at the Kum & Go, located at 5437 Division Avenue South in Wyoming. The 40-year-old player, who chose to remain anonymous, matched the winning Fantasy 5 numbers on Oct. A Kent County man started shaking when he found out he won half of a $626,394 Fantasy 5 jackpot – $313,197 – from the Michigan Lottery.