Michigan Lottery: Wayne County man wins Lotto 47 jackpot
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The winner of the biggest Michigan Lottery prize this year has claimed his prize, according to the Michigan Lottery.
A 69-year-old Wayne County man was the lucky player whose Lotto 47 ticket matched the numbers drawn Sept. 28 — 2-5-14-30-32-42 — winning him the jackpot worth $5.42 million. He purchased his ticket online.
"I like playing online and had about $280 in my account from a recent win," the man, who chose to remain anonymous, told the Michigan Lottery. "I hadn’t played the Lotto 47 game in a while, so I decided to buy 15 tickets.
"The next day, I was going through my email and had one from the Lottery that said I won a prize, but it didn’t say how much. I logged in to my online account, and when I saw I hit the jackpot my head started spinning and it hasn’t stopped!"
His win is the second-largest prize ever won online at MichiganLottery.com.
He recently visited Michigan Lottery headquarters to claim his prize and opted to receive a one-time lump sum payment of about $3.8 million instead of annuity payments for the full amount.
He plans to use the money to pay bills and save the rest.
"We certainly weren’t struggling financially, but winning this jackpot means we won’t have to worry about money in our retirement," he said.
