Michigan man finds winning one million dollar lottery ticket in wallet
A Michigan man carried a winning Powerball ticket worth one million dollars in his wallet for nearly two months before discovering his prize.
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A Michigan man carried a winning Powerball ticket worth one million dollars in his wallet for nearly two months before realizing he had won, UPI reported. Michael Vander Lugt, a 54 year old resident of Wyoming, Michigan, bought the ticket for the August 8 drawing from the Big Top Market in Wyoming. [1]
Vander Lugt told lottery officials that he tucked the ticket into his wallet alongside other lottery tickets and left it unchecked. He discovered the winning ticket recently after stopping at a local store to buy a pop, only to realize he lacked enough cash to pay. [1]
Powerball is an American lottery game coordinated by the Multi State Lottery Association. Drawings take place three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. The overall odds of winning any prize in the game are 1 in 24.87, while the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. [2][3]
In short
- Michael Vander Lugt carried a one million dollar Powerball ticket in his wallet for nearly two months.
- The ticket was purchased at Big Top Market in Wyoming, Michigan, for the August 8 drawing.
- Vander Lugt discovered his win after checking his wallet when he ran short of cash at a store.
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- [1]$1M Powerball ticket spent two months in oblivious winner's walletUPI, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
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