The One Ticket He Didn’t Want Just Won This Michigan Man a Massive Jackpot

A Michigan man just won the lottery even though the gas station clerk gave him a ticket he didn't even want.

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While I'll probably never win a life changing amount of money playing the Michigan Lottery or their instant games, I do enjoy hearing the cool stories behind other Michiganders winning big.

This story might be one of my all time favorites because the winner didn't even want the ticket.

The 68-year-old man who is from Oakland County has chosen to remain anonymous but he did share his story of winning big with the Michigan Lottery.

Credit: Michigan Lottery

“Whenever I stop to get gas and the Fast Cash jackpot is over $700,000, I’ll buy a few tickets. When I buy Fast Cash tickets, I hand the cashier money and tell them to give me any of the Fast Cash games, but lately I’ve been saying any except the Detroit Lions game because I hadn’t been having luck with it. I forgot to tell the cashier that this time, and the Detroit Lions game is what he printed for me. I never check my tickets right away, so I folded it up and put it in my pocket.

“The next morning when I looked over the ticket and saw I’d won the jackpot, I stopped my wife as she was walking by, handed her the ticket, and said: ‘You’re not going to believe this!’ Once she saw what I’d won, she started crying. It was an exciting and emotional day for us.

“All I’ve been thinking since winning is how glad I am that I forgot to tell the cashier not to give me the Detroit Lions game!”

I wish I had something like this happen to me! Maybe next time I'll ask the gas station clerk to pick me a random ticket too!