Wayne County Man Wins $2M On Scratch-Off Ticket

DETROIT — A Wayne County man won $2 million on a scratch-off ticket that he picked randomly, according to lottery officials.

The lucky 53-year-old player bought his winning legendary Wild Time ticket at Jefferson Fuels Inc., located at 8005 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, lottery officials said.

"Every once in a while, I’ll buy a lottery ticket and the Legendary Wild Time game was just a random pick that day," he said. "I scratched the ticket right after I bought it and didn’t believe it was real when I saw I’d won $2 million! It wasn’t until I called the Lottery and verified my prize that it started to sink in that this was really happening."

He chose to receive his prize as a one-time lump sum payment of about $1.3 million rather than annuity payments for the full amount, lottery officials said.

With his winnings, he plans to travel and then save the remainder, lottery officials said.