A Monroe County man’s Super Raffle ticket was sitting in a box for nearly five months before he found out it was a winner of $100,000!

Perry Pendleton, of Maybee, won the big prize when his Super Raffle number – 071820 – was selected as a $100,000 winner in the drawing on Nov. 19. He bought his winning ticket at the Kroger store, located at 531 West Main Street in Milan. Milan is about 15 miles south of Ann Arbor.

“I bought five Super Raffle tickets over the course of a few weeks and put them in a box since the drawing was a few months out,” said Pendleton. “Just last week, I thought that I’d better check my Super Raffle tickets since I still hadn’t done that yet.

“One of the tickets was a $100 winner and then to my surprise, one came up as a $100,000 winner! I thought to myself: ‘Is this real?’ I had to check the ticket three or four more times after that.

“I told a few family members about the big win on April Fools’ Day, so I’m still not sure if they know it’s real. If not, they are about to!”

Pendleton, 70, visited Lottery headquarters recently to claim his prize.

“With my winnings, I plan to save some, share some, and spend some, in that order,” said Pendleton.

Super Raffle featured the richest payout of any raffle game offered by the Lottery. It offered a top prize of $6 million and two $1 million prizes. Other prizes were: $100,000 (12), $500 (3,500), and $100 (15,000).