'It’s Hard To Describe The Feeling': MI Man Wins $4M From Lottery

SAGINAW COUNTY, MI — A Michigan man thought the lottery scanner was broken until he realized that he actually won $4 million on a scratch-off ticket, according to the Michigan Lottery.

The lucky 52-year-old player, who chose to remain anonymous, bought his winning $4,000,000 Ultimate scratch-off ticket at the Fastlane convenience store, located at 3540 State Street in Saginaw, according to lottery officials.

"I stopped to get gas and bought two $4,000,000 Ultimate tickets while I was in the store," the lucky player told lottery officials. "I scratched the barcodes, scanned the first ticket, and got a message to file a claim. I scanned the ticket again, and when that message came up a second time, I thought the scanner was broken. I scanned the second ticket and that scanned correctly, so I wasn’t sure what was going on."

"I went out to my car to pump gas and I scratched the ticket while I was waiting. It’s hard to describe the feeling when I saw the winning amount. I got in the car and yelled: ‘We just won $4 million,'" he added.

The lucky player chose to receive their prize as a one-time lump sum payment of about $2.7 million, according to lottery officials.

The lucky player told lottery officials he plans to buy some land and invest the rest.