A Michigan man won $300 from a Fast Play lottery game and decided to buy another ticket, which earned him a $714,891 progressive jackpot. Photo courtesy of the Michigan Lottery
A Michigan man used some of his $300 in lottery winnings to buy another ticket — scoring a $714,891 progressive jackpot prize.
The 39-year-old Kent County man told Michigan Lottery officials he was at the Exit 76 – Meadowbrooke store on Town Center Court Southeast in Grand Rapids when he decided to try his luck with Fast Play games.
“I usually play scratch off tickets, but I bought a $30 Jumbo Jackpot Slots Fast Cash ticket on a whim and ended up winning $300,” the player said. “When I cashed that ticket, I used $20 of my winnings to buy a Super Lucky 7s ticket.”
The man’s whim paid off when he won the progressive jackpot.
“I scanned the ticket on the Michigan Lottery app and started shaking when I saw I’d won $714,891. The first thing I did was walk over and give the cashier a hug,” he said.
The winner said his prize money will go toward paying bills, bolstering his children’s college funds and boosting his own savings account.
