The 75-year-old player, who chose to remain anonymous, matched the Fantasy 5 numbers in the July 6 drawing to win the big prize: 13-16-26-28-37. He bought his winning ticket at Little Mack Beer & Wine, located at 28480 Little Mack Avenue in Saint Clair Shores.
“It’s a ritual of mine to buy a Fantasy 5 ticket every Monday when I stop at the store,” said the player. “The next day, while I was at my daughter’s house helping her clean up after a tree had fallen onto her house during a storm, she looked at me and said: ‘This would be a great time to win the lottery.’ That reminded me that I hadn’t checked my Fantasy 5 ticket yet.
“I grabbed the ticket out of my pocket and checked it on the Michigan Lottery app which is when I found out I’d won the jackpot! It was unbelievable.”
The lucky player recently visited Lottery headquarters to claim his prize. He plans to save his winnings.
Each Fantasy 5 play is only $1. For an additional $1 per play, EZmatch may be added to a Fantasy 5 ticket, giving players a chance to win up to $500 instantly. For an additional $1 per play, Double Play may be added to a Fantasy 5 ticket, giving players a second chance to win up to $110,000 in the nightly Double Play drawing. Players may win prizes in the regular nightly drawing, the Double Play drawing, or both. Fantasy 5 players select five numbers from one to 39. Players who match all five Fantasy 5 numbers drawn win a jackpot that starts at $100,000.
Fantasy 5 drawings are held seven days a week at 7:29 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at a retailer or online at MichiganLottery.com until 7:08 p.m. on the day of the drawing.