“When I saw $400,017 pending, I was so happy!” the man recalled when claiming his winnings.
He had matched the winning numbers - 16-17-21-28-33 - during the Oct. That’s when the lottery player realized he had won a $400,017 Fantasy 5 jackpot prize, according to the release. “I went home, ate dinner, relaxed for a bit, and then finally logged in to my account to see how much I’d won,” he told lottery officials.
9 news release from lottery officials.īut the Macomb County man didn’t immediately check to see if his assumption was correct.
The email informed him he had a prize to claim - and he “figured (he) must have won big,” according to a Nov. A 32-year-old man was leaving his workplace when he got an email from the Michigan Lottery.
