Sometimes fate can step in to help out every once in a while. A Michigan man managed to win a big prize in a lottery pool based on losing tickets.
While it may not make sense, a 43-year-old man won $100,000 in a random drawing based on entries from non-winning tickets for a $6 million jackpot. Apparently, losing is actually winning in this case.
“I have been playing the $6,000,000 Jackpot game a lot, so when I learned there was a second chance component to the game, I figured I might as well give it a try,” the player said. “I got an email from the lottery one day informing me that I’d won a $100,000 prize in the second chance drawing and I thought it was a joke.”
At first, the Wayne County, Michigan, man thought the email was some sort of scam. Now, he’s laughing all the way to the bank. “I called the Lottery to confirm that the email was a scam, which is when I found out I had really won,” he said. “I was shocked! Winning still doesn’t seem real and I don’t think it will sink in for a while.”
The player visited the Michigan Lottery headquarters to claim his prize, which he plans to save.