LANSING, MI (WTVB/WNWN) – A Battle Creek man has won a $3.39 million Lotto 47 jackpot from the Michigan Lottery.
The lucky player, who chose to remain anonymous, matched the winning Lotto 47 numbers drawn April 20: 04-06-11-17-23-31.
The 45-year-old man bought his winning ticket at the Meijer gas station at 1174 Centerville Road in Sturgis.
The winner said, “I play Lotto 47 regularly and always buy one ticket for the drawing. Store clerks usually say: ‘Just one?’ and I always tell them: ‘It only takes one to win.’
“I didn’t realize I had won for a couple of weeks. I stack my tickets up, and then my wife scans them on the app to see if we won. When she scanned this ticket, she told me we’d won but I was certain she was just joking with me. When she started crying, I knew it wasn’t a joke at all.”
The winner visited Lottery headquarters in Lansing to claim his big prize.
He chose to receive his prize as one lump-sum payment of about $2.3 million, rather than annuity payments for the full amount.
“For now, I am going to put this in the bank and let it all sink in. Winning is just an amazing blessing,” the winner said.
