Michigan Man Wins Lotto After Following This Advice From His Dad

Mom's and dad's give their kids all kinds of advice to try and help them make the best decision possible as they navigate their way through life.

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One Michigan man took the simple advice his father gave him and it ended up having a dramatic impact on his life for the better.

A 38-year-old man from Wayne County, Michigan, won the record-breaking $7.19 million Lotto 47 jackpot from the Michigan Lottery by following his father's advice.

The anonymous winner had been playing Lotto 47 for years, frequently changing his numbers.

However, his father had advised him to select a set of numbers and stick with them.

Listening to his his father's advise, the anonymous man played the same numbers online for several years.

Recently those numbers - 22-24-26-40-41-44 - proved to be the winning combination, securing him the largest prize ever claimed on the Michigan Lottery website.

The winner initially thought he had won a smaller prize when he received an email notification from the lottery.

But once he logged into his account, he was blown away to see that there was a $7.19 million jackpot pending.

What's He Going To Do With His Winnings?

Most times when you win a lottery you have two choices

you can take the money in a one time lump sum payment or you can receiving annuity payments, the man opted for a one-time lump sum payment of approximately $4.9 million.

He plans to invest his winnings and contribute to his children's college funds.

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I wonder if the lottery winner is gonna hook dad up with some of that cash seeing as how his advice had a big part in him winning.