Michigan man thought $1 million lottery prize was $1,000

Comment #7

jackpotismine — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 04:01:16 GMT

Did he buy the ticket in Spain? Did he buy the ticket in France? No. He bought it in the good old U.S.A.!!!! As a previous poster said, good thing the lottery clerk didn't hand him a thousand bucks and cashed the 1MIL himself/herself. In the end, it all worked out. Hope the winner is wise in spending the winnings. Congrats

Comment #6

Mata Garbo — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 03:41:16 GMT

Maybe he thought the 1MIL was some type of Roman numerals. Otherwise I'm not sure how he could be so confused that he would go back to the store. Apparently the friend with him was just as confused as he was......lol.

Comment #5

Todd — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 03:38:52 GMT

Great points

Comment #4

MacInWisco — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 02:56:21 GMT

Mil does mean thousand in many instances. One mil is one thousandth of an inch. Mil is the Spanish word for thousand. Mille in French. All derived from the Latin word mille, meaning thousand. I can understand why there might be confusion.

Comment #3

jackpotismine — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 02:41:08 GMT

Sometimes I think these winners pretend to be 'clueless' on purpose to be on Lotterypost. The ticket clearly states 1MIL . Duh

Comment #2

TheMeatman2005 — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 02:22:36 GMT

How could he be confused? The ticket clearly states 1MIL

If it was $1,000 wouldn't it say 1THO ?

Doesn't Michigan have self-service scanners

Comment #1

Tony Numbers — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 01:38:04 GMT

He took the ticket back to the store where he bought it and had them check it. Perfect opportunity for the clerk to say yup congratulations you won $1000.00 dollars, would you like to cash it now?? Wow this guy was double lucky

Michigan man thought $1 million lottery prize was $1,000

Lottery Post — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 00:08:52 GMT

Three zeroes make a big difference

By Kate Northrop

A lucky lottery winner was confounded to learn that the ticket he was holding in his hands was not worth a $1,000 prize as he had originally thought, rather it was worth much more.

A Michigan man mistook a $1 million top prize-winning lottery ticket for a $1,000 winner, but he was in for quite a revelation.

The Detroit resident bought said scratch-off ticket at Corner Liquor Shoppe on West Kennett Road in Pontiac, but this purch... [ More ]