WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – A 32-year-old Wayne County man won $2 million after purchasing three Colossal Cashword lottery tickets.
The player, who decided to stay anonymous, purchased his winning ticket at the River Oaks Marathon at 20015 Ann Arbor Trail in Dearborn Heights.
“I bought a Colossal Cashword ticket while I was at the gas station and won $30, so I used my winnings to buy another one,” said the player. “The second ticket was a non-winner, so I decided to try one more. I bought a third ticket and scratched it in the store. When I revealed the seventh word, I assumed it was a $600 winning ticket, so I scanned it and got a message to file a claim at the Lottery office.”
When he discovered he’d won $2 million, the lucky player started screaming.
“I took the ticket out to my car and gave it to my wife to scan on her Michigan Lottery app,” the luck player said. “When $2 million came up on the scanner, I started screaming. My wife tried to calm me down so people wouldn’t hear me, but I couldn’t contain my excitement!”
He recently claimed his prize as a one-time lump sum payment of about $1.3 million. He plans to buy a house, and a car and also help his family with his winnings.
