SOUTHGATE, Mich. – An Allen Park man shared how he found out that a lottery ticket he bought was worth $500,000.
Benjamin Pauline, 49, of Allen Park, bought a Powerball ticket at the Stop & Go on Allen Road in Southgate.
“My son and I stopped to buy a few Powerball tickets at the store we always play lottery at,” Pauline said. “The day after the drawing, me and my wife were on our way to an Easter party when I got a call from my son. He said, ‘You might want to check your Powerball tickets, because a $500,000 winner was sold at the Stop & Go, and it wasn’t me.’”
Pauline had matched the five white balls from the March 30 drawing: 20-29-43-57-63.
“When we arrived at the party, my son scanned my tickets on his lottery app,” Pauline said. “As we scanned them, I was starting to lose hope that I was the big winner, and then, finally, we scanned the last one, and $500,000 came up on the screen with confetti. It was unreal.”
Pauline visited Michigan Lottery headquarters to claim his prize. He plans to buy a new home, invest money, and take care of his family.
