After entering the “Lucky For Life” drawing every day for several months, a Michigan man won the $25,000-a-year prize for the life of the Michigan Lottery.
Scott Snyder, 55, from Zeeland, bought the ‘Lucky For Life’ ticket at a gas station and wore a very famous set of numbers, he said. Michigan Lottery Authorities.
Mr. Snyder informed the Michigan Lottery authorities that the lottery had a series of numbers that were remarkably familiar to him.
Mr. Snyder’s winning numbers on August 7 were 07/31/37-44, which corresponded to the five white balls.
“I started playing this special set of numbers in February and I’ve been playing them every day since. I checked some tickets in the store and got a message to visit a lottery office when I scanned one of them. I scanned it again and got the same message, so I told the clerk I should have gotten a big win,” Snyder said.
“The clerk told me they recently sold a $25,000-a-year lifetime prize, and he printed the winning numbers so I could check my lottery ticket. When I realized I was the big winner, I didn’t even try. too excited about it at first because it didn’t seem real. I’m still having trouble believing this is real!” he added.
Mr. Snyder went to the lottery headquarters to collect his substantial prize. Rather than receive annuity payments of $25,000 for 20 years (or for the rest of his life), he chose to take his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $390,000. He plans to buy a house with his profit.