A Saginaw County man thought the lottery scanner was broken until he scratched off his $4,000,000 Ultimate instant game ticket and found out he’d won $4 million!

The lucky 52-year-old player, who chose to remain anonymous, bought his winning ticket at the Fastlane convenience store, located at 3540 State Street in Saginaw.

“I stopped to get gas and bought two $4,000,000 Ultimate tickets while I was in the store,” said the player. “I scratched the barcodes, scanned the first ticket, and got a message to file a claim. I scanned the ticket again, and when that message came up a second time, I thought the scanner was broken. I scanned the second ticket and that scanned correctly, so I wasn’t sure what was going on.

“I went out to my car to pump gas and I scratched the ticket while I was waiting. It’s hard to describe the feeling when I saw the winning amount. I got in the car and yelled: ‘We just won $4 million!’”

“Michigan Lottery instant games give Michiganders a chance to win life-changing prizes in an instant. Congratulations to this lucky player and his family,” said Lottery Commissioner, Suzanna Shkreli. “Instant games are some of the Lottery’s most popular games and helped the Lottery’s contribution to the School Aid Fund climb to $1.3 billion in 2023!”

The lucky player recently visited Lottery headquarters recently to claim the big prize. He chose to receive their prize as a one-time lump sum payment of about $2.7 million. With his winnings, he plans to purchase land and invest.

Players have won more than $11 million playing $4,000,000 Ultimate which launched in June. Each $30 ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from $30 up to $4 million More than $148 million in prizes remain, including two $4 million top prizes, 165 $10,000 prizes, and 269 $3,000 prizes.

In 2023, Lottery players won nearly $1.8 billion playing instant games.

Lottery instant games may be purchased at any of the 10,500 retailers across the state.