Man discovers michigan lottery ticket is $ 4m winner after scanning it ‘just to secure’

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Macomb County, Mich. (Fox 2) And A man was pretty sure a Michigan Lottery Scratch -OF ticket was a loser, but he still scanned it to be sure -and that’s a good thing he did.

He recently bought a magnificent millions from 9 mile stop & go on 28955 van Dyke in Warren.

“When I play instant games, I jump around when I scrape off the ticket,” said Macomb County Man. “I thought I had scratched everything off and saw no winning matches, so I threw the ticket aside.”

Still, the 43-year-old man said he decided to scan it the next time he was at a gas station “just to make sure” he didn’t miss anything. He had.

“When I scanned it and got the message to file a claim, I knew I had missed something on the ticket. When I looked over again, I saw somewhere I forgot to scratch. When I revealed I was a winner of $ 4 million I got numb! “He said.

The man chose to receive the award as a lump sum of approx. 2.7 million dollars rather than annuity payments for the full amount. He said he will save the money.