Lottery player sees he won big in email, but thought it was a scam. ‘I was shocked!’
.jpg "A Wayne County man won $100,000 playing the Michigan Lottery’s $6,000,000 Jackpot second chance game.")
Certain the email he received saying he won the lottery was a scam, a Michigan man dialed up lottery officials.
It’s then when the 43-year-old realized it wasn’t a scam — he was a $100,000 winner.
The Wayne County man earned entries into the second chance drawing by scanning his non-winning $6,000,000 Jackpot game tickets. He was skeptical about his chances, however.
“I figured I might as well give it a try,” he told lottery officials.
An email informed him that he was the big winner, but he assumed it was a joke.
But it wasn’t, and now the lottery winner plans on saving his $100,000 prize.
“I was shocked!” he said. “Winning still doesn’t seem real and I don’t think it will sink in for a while.”
The $100,000 prize is the top payout offered in the second chance game.
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This story was originally published May 11, 2023 at 1:07 PM with the headline "Lottery player sees he won big in email, but thought it was a scam. ‘I was shocked!’."