Michigan Lottery: Kent County man wins $3.4 million Lotto 47 jackpot
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A Kent County wife was recently awoken one night by her husband, who had shocking news to share.
Her 62-year-old husband had logged into his Michigan Lottery account late that night and noticed $3.4 million pending. That's when he realized he'd won a Lotto 47 jackpot, a game he plays online, according to the Michigan Lottery.
"I was so excited, I woke my wife up to tell her the news," the man, who chose to remain anonymous, told the Michigan Lottery. "She was frantic and thought something bad had happened until I showed her the prize amount pending in my Lottery account. It was such a surreal feeling, and we were both in shock!"
His ticket matched the winning numbers drawn Oct. 25 — 1-11-22-28-43-47.
The man recently claimed his prize and chose to receive the winnings as annual annuity payments of about $113,300 for the next 30 years instead of a one-time lump sum payment of about $2.3 million.
He plans to use the money to buy a new vehicle and save the rest.
