A Macomb County, Michigan man recently hit the state’s Fantasy Jackpot for $795,905 — one day after missing it by just one number.
“After the drawing, I saw an email from the Lottery that said I had won $1 in the drawing. I thought that was all I’d won, until another email came through telling me to log into my account to claim my prize,” the 53-year-old man, who wished to remain anonymous, tells MichiganLottery.com.
“When I logged in and saw $795,905 pending, my first thought was that it was a scam,” he continues. “Now that I am at the Lottery office claiming my prize, it’s starting to hit me that this is real!”
He says the win came as a big shock, especially after coming so close a night earlier.
“What’s crazy is the night before I matched four out of five numbers on my Fantasy 5 ticket and thought: ‘I was so close!’” he shares. “I was excited to win $100 but bummed that I was one number off a large jackpot prize. I never could have imagined then that the next night I would actually win the jackpot!”