Man can’t fathom multi-million lottery win. ‘I thought I was going to faint!’

A man who has played lottery games for 40 years has won a huge jackpot — one of the largest offered in the Michigan Lottery.

The 60-year-old lottery player from Macomb County told Michigan Lottery officials he has played scratch-off games “all the time” over the last four decades.

With a $50 purchase of the $6,000,000 Wealth game, all of his ticket buying has now paid off in a big way.

“When I scratched the ticket and saw I won $6 million, I thought I was going to faint!” he told lottery officials in an April 28 news release..

Officials said he purchased his ticket from Najors Liquor & Deli in Sterling Heights.

“I had to scan it on the Lottery app to double check it because I didn’t believe what I was seeing. It still feels surreal,” he said.

He chose to receive the one-time lump sum payment of $4.1 million, according to the lottery.

With his prize — the first of three $6 million jackpots the game offers — the man said he plans to take a vacation and put the remainder in savings.

Sterling Heights is about a 25-mile drive north from Detroit.

This story was originally published April 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM with the headline "Man can’t fathom multi-million lottery win. ‘I thought I was going to faint!’."