Heeding Advice Nets Oakland County Lottery Player $1M
A lucky player in Michigan has won a life-changing prize from one of the Michigan Lottery’s scratch-off games. The winner was revealed to be a 62-year-old man, who said that he won the prize thanks to advice from the store clerk. The Player Won One of the Top Prizes in the Ruby 7s Game For […]
A lucky player in Michigan has won a life-changing prize from one of the Michigan Lottery’s scratch-off games. The winner was revealed to be a 62-year-old man, who said that he won the prize thanks to advice from the store clerk. The Player Won One of the Top Prizes in the Ruby 7s Game For reference, the winner in question was playing the lottery’s Ruby 7s prize. For context, Ruby 7s is a $10 scratch-off game that features top prizes of $1 million. In this case, the lucky player won exactly one of the game’s top prizes. According to the Michigan Lottery, the winner was a 62-year-old from Oakland County. The player bought his ticket from the Speedway gas station at 1010 S. Rochester Road in Rochester. After visiting the lottery HQ, the man opted to take the one-time lump sum payment of $693,000 instead of the annuitized option. The Win Will Provide the Winner with Some Financial Leeway While the winner preferred to remain anonymous, he agreed to discuss how the win happened. According to him, the win was possible thanks to a helpful clerk at the gas station. The man explained that he had just picked out several different scratch-off tickets when the clerk asked if he wanted to give Ruby 7s a try, too. The man decided to give this game a try and later scratched it off in his car. To his surprise, a $1 million prize popped up. My daughter was with me, so I showed her the ticket, and she nearly hit her head on the roof of the car from jumping up with excitement! Lottery winner The winner added that this sum is going to give him some financial leeway. He noted that he plans to use the money to start college funds for his kids, buy a house, and enjoy life to the fullest. At launch, the $10 Ruby 7s game featured three top prizes of $1 million. Currently, two of these prizes remain. The game also featured 20 second-tier prizes of $10,000, only 15 of which are still in the game. In other lottery-related news, a woman from Michigan was recently charged with three counts of lottery fraud. The woman was identified as Keaysha Warren and accused of stealing lottery tickets.