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A Michigan man stopped for his play burger nighttime – and won big.
The 57-year-old man from Berrien County, Michigan, wished to stay anonymous, but told nan Michigan Lottery that getting a burger and buying lottery tickets was a play tradition.
"I spell to Chatterbox each week for burger nighttime and ever bargain a fewer Club Keno tickets while I’m there," he told nan Michigan Lottery website.
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Chatterbox Bar & Grill is located successful nan metropolis of Benton Harbor, Michigan, which is southwest of Kalamazoo.
On February 28, nan man thought his play contented had ended successful a bust.
A Michigan man's play travel for a burger paid disconnected large clip pinch a $200,000 lottery win. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images / Getty Images)
"It was nearing nan extremity of my draws and I’d only won $4, truthful I thought that was each I was going to win," he said.
As it turned out, he would locomotion distant pinch overmuch much than $4.
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Club Keno drawings are held each 3 and a half minutes, said nan Michigan Lottery's website, and a player's prize depends connected really overmuch they wager.
The unidentified man from Michigan said that he intends connected paying bills and buying a location pinch his winnings. (Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images / Getty Images)
"On nan 3rd to past draw, I matched 4 numbers, past 5, and truthful on, and I thought to myself: ‘I mightiness triumph large here!’ When my tenth number was drawn, I couldn’t judge it. Winning still hasn’t sunk in," he said.
The man matched 10 of nan 20 Club Keno numbers, automatically winning a prize of $100,000, said nan Michigan Lottery.
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But, arsenic nan man had paid for a "Kicker" bonus, his prize doubled to $200,000.
With his abrupt windfall, nan man told nan Michigan Lottery that he plans connected paying bills, buying a house, and redeeming for retirement.
The man started nan nighttime reasoning he'd locomotion distant pinch $4, and past won big. (iStock / iStock)
And pinch $200,000, it is safe to opportunity he will beryllium group for rather a fewer much burger nights.
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The Michigan Lottery was founded successful 1972. Proceeds from summons income spell to nan Michigan School Aid Fund, said nan Michigan Lottery website.
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In nan 2023 fiscal year, nan Michigan Lottery contributed much than $1.3 cardinal to nan Michigan School Aid Fund, they said.
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