EAST LEROY, Mich. — Clad in a basic t-shirt and jeans, you may never believe Pat Kukla is the luckiest man in Calhoun County, Michigan.
But he may be just that, The Michigan Lottery says.
Kukla visited the Michigan Lottery headquarters Friday to formally accept his second lottery jackpot.
Kukla won $384,832 Thursday, after matching all eight numbers in Club Keno's The Jack game.
He picked up his winning easy pick ticket during a lunch break at MCB Sam's Coffee Shop in Battle Creek, after noticing how high the jackpot had climbed.
The 56-year-old also won a Fantasy 5 jackpot of nearly $300,000 in 2010.
"I never thought I'd win a jackpot once, let alone two times," Kukla said in a lottery news release Monday. "I feel incredibly fortunate, that's for sure."
Kukla used his first jackpot to buy a house in East Leroy. He said he plans to put this round of winnings toward charity and a vacation with his wife.
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Congrats to Patrick & Annette. T-shirts & jeans is the way to go. The $400 mil lottery winner in 2014 from this neck of the woods showed up in a Yoda t- shirt & jeans. However l can *some LP members showing up in a suit & tie, like Stack & RJ.
Awesome X2
Woo hoo...!!!! Congrats Mr Patrick Kukla...enjoy your winnings sir!
Congratulation Mr. Kukla
Nice job, Congrats to them both.
Yesssssss! Enjoy your winnings.
Nice Win!
Congratulations to Pat & Annette!! Keep on playing because you never know.
Congrats!!
Congrats to the winner.He won a nice jackpot twice,an no one was struck by lighting,or bittin by a shark.N it 2 win it.
Congratulations!!!
Congrats!
Nice job, that's some real good luck. He's bound to hit a real big jackpot at this rate.
Hooray for the Kuklas! Good things run in threes.
Congrats to him but not sure why he didn't just claim it anonymous when he had that option.........fame and glory I guess
Congratulations to this man. I didn't know that this man won again.
Now he can trade that wife in for a younger prettier model.
I hope you're joking. (But even as a joke not funny.)
Congratulation to Pat Kukla on his win. Congrats to his wife on the vacation. MI. is usual full of snow this time of year. This man sounds really content with his life. A like news that end on a positive note. Thanks Todd.
I am still waiting for my TAKE5 jackpot hit
Why wasn't he playing Powerball when the jackpot was $500,000,000+???
He would have won so easily!
Sorry to see more LP members like Tony Numbers who can't think of anything really worth posting just post nasty remarks or BS to get noticed.
Congradulations!!!
It surreal when you see some numbers on your ticket matching. I won 500.00 from the mega millions or 4 out of 6 numbers.
I was so happy bought some groceries!!!!!
Stories like this are why you keep playing, even after a big win!
I'm sure many do. I'd be oh so happy to have won just one of those jackpots. Goodbye mortgage and that stupid FEMA/VA requirement that I have flood insurance.
Congratulations on your double winnings.