From $50K to $500K: The Heart-Stopping Moment a Detroit Couple Won Big

A Michigan man and his wife just added a bunch of money to their savings account after playing and winning a Michigan Lottery Instant Game.

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Grosjieon Moore from Detroit recently bought a $500,000 Bonus Scratch Multiplier instant game at New Quick Stop Market in Detroit.

He made the trip to Michigan Lottery headquarters in Lansing to collect his money and shared with lottery officials what it was like when he realized that he had a winning ticket.

“I saw some TikTok videos of people scratching lottery tickets and winning big, and I thought to myself how that would never happen to me. A few days later, my wife and I were scratching Lottery tickets when she yelled: ‘We got a winner!’ She thought we’d won $50,000, but when I looked it over, I saw we’d actually won $500,000. It was amazing!"

I can only imagine how awesome it felt to think you won $50,000 and then realizing you had actually won $500,000, talk about a life changing moment.

Grosjieon and his wife aren't the only people to win big playing the Michigan Lottery.

A man visiting Michigan from Maryland recently won $1,000,000 playing a Lucky Numbers instant win ticket.

A Bay County woman who had been playing Lotto 47 for 20 years with the same numbers hit it big and won $1.1 million.

And an Oakland County woman playing Fantasy 5 online accidentally selected a wrong number that ended up with her winning $250,000.

You can check out more Michigan Lottery winners by clicking here.