Michigan man buried $1 million winning lottery ticket to keep it safe

Comment #7

Tucker Black — Sat, 03 May 2025 10:21:25 GMT

He decided to wait until the following morning to check the $20 Major Cashword ticket he mistakenly received. The player scratched the barcode and had his wife scan the ticket.

He didn't play the game? Crossword puzzle games are fun to play. Even if you don't win, you get some entertainment out of it. Scratching off just the bar code to scan it is a quick $20 loss if you don't win.

Congratulations on winning a ticket you weren't planning to buy

Comment #6

Tony Numbers — Fri, 02 May 2025 10:52:14 GMT

Shucks that's the story I made up and was going to use when I hit it big

Comment #5

noise-gate — Fri, 02 May 2025 04:27:04 GMT

* Once read of a winning lottery ticket hanging from a Christmas tree as decoration, another placed in the freezer section of a refrigerator, and now this gem.

Comment #4

JustMaybe — Fri, 02 May 2025 03:33:37 GMT

That moment when you are digging the hole and your neighbor steps out on their porch and says hello.

Oops, change of holes

Congratulations

Comment #3

Ranett — Fri, 02 May 2025 02:50:51 GMT

Gophers can open up mason jars

Comment #2

ShagE3 — Fri, 02 May 2025 02:22:21 GMT

I think this fellow thought that if he planted his winning ticket in good soil with plenty of sunlight and daily watering it might blossom into $10,000,000.

The Shag

Comment #1

dickblow — Fri, 02 May 2025 01:55:03 GMT

no kidding same here to nothing wasted my 20 bucks hope he knows where that ticket is no gopher gets it

Michigan man buried $1 million winning lottery ticket to keep it safe

Lottery Post — Fri, 02 May 2025 01:44:08 GMT

Million-dollar ticket finds temporary home underground

By Kate Northrop

A Michigan man won a $1 million prize in the lottery and then buried the winning ticket in the backyard of his home to keep it safe.

That's one way to dig up buried treasure a Michigan lottery player instinctively buried his winning ticket worth $1 million in the backyard to prevent any harm from coming its way.

Hopefully, there aren't too many holes in one Van Buren County man's yard, but it's likely nothing... [ More ]