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What a difference a day makes.
A Michigan man who recently won nearly $800,000 in the state lottery’s daily Fantasy 5 drawing had won another $100 in the same game the day before, missing the jackpot by one number.
The man, who wished to remain anonymous, won the Michigan Lottery’s Fantasy 5 jackpot on July 27, according to an Aug. 8 press release on the lottery’s website.
His winning numbers 2-5-17-21-30 gave him the jackpot of $795,905. The day before, he had matched four numbers and won $100.
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“I always buy Fantasy 5 tickets when the jackpot is over $250,000,” said the man, who lives in Macomb County. “I usually buy my tickets at the store, but the night of the drawing I realized I had forgotten to buy any, so I logged on to MichiganLottery.com and bought two.”
One of those tickets turned out to be the big winner, but the man said he didn’t know how much it was at first.
The man, who did not reveal his identity, won the Fantasy 5 jackpot on July 27. (Michigan Lottery / Fox News)
“After the drawing, I saw an email from the lottery saying I had won $1 in the drawing. I thought that was all I had won until I got another email telling me to log into my account to claim my prize,” he told the lottery.
After logging in, the man saw that he had indeed won the jackpot.
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“My first thought was that it was a scam,” he said. “Now that I’m standing at the lottery office claiming my winnings, I’m starting to realize that it’s real.”
The man’s jackpot win was just the latest in a week of happiness, he said.
A man won nearly $800,000 after missing the jackpot by one number. (Photo: iStock)
The day before, he had matched four of the five numbers and won the game’s second prize of $100.
“The crazy thing is, the night before, I matched four out of five numbers on my Fantasy 5 ticket and thought, ‘I was so close!'” he said.
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“I was thrilled to win $100, but disappointed that I was just one number away from the big jackpot.”
The next night he won the jackpot, something he “never dreamed would happen.”
The man (not pictured) told the Michigan Lottery that he planned to invest his winnings. (Photo: iStock)
The man said he planned to invest his winnings.
The Fantasy 5 drawing takes place daily at 7:29 p.m., according to the lottery’s website. Each ticket costs $1, and for an additional dollar, players can add multipliers for a second chance to win.
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The jackpot resets to $100,000 after each jackpot win.
