Purchasing a ticket he “wouldn’t typically play” paid off for an Oakland County man who won $1 million playing the Michigan Lottery’s Lady Luck 777 instant game.

“I check the instant games prizes remaining page on MichiganLottery.com often to decide what scratch off tickets to buy based on what top prizes are left,” said the lucky 62-year-old player, who chose to remain anonymous. “I typically wouldn’t have bought the Lady Luck 777 ticket since there was only one top prize left, but when I was in the store deciding which tickets to purchase, I noticed 007 was the next ticket number on the roll for four different games. I took that as a lucky sign and bought all four.

“I scratched the tickets when I got in my car and was shocked when I saw I’d won $1 million on the Lady Luck 777 game. I went back into the store, held the ticket up to the clerk, and said: ‘You sold me a big winner!’ It was amazing.”

The player bought his winning ticket at Kakoz 2 LLC, located at 36950 Dequindre Road in Sterling Heights. He recently visited Lottery headquarters to claim the big prize. He chose to receive his prize as a one-time lump sum payment of about $693,000 rather than annuity payments for the full amount. He plans to save his winnings.

Players won more than $43 million playing Lady Luck 777, which launched in August 2025. Each $10 ticket offered players a chance to win prizes ranging from $10 up to $1 million.

In 2025, Lottery players won more than $1.7 billion playing instant games.

Lottery instant games may be purchased at retailers across the state.