An Illinois Lottery player, who's a newlyminted millionaire, chalked up his recent $9.2 million jackpot win to a 'broken' lottery machine.
The ticket matched all six numbers in the Aug. 24 Lotto drawing needed to obtain the $9.2 million prize.An Illinois Lottery player, who's a newlyminted millionaire, chalked up his recent $9.2 million jackpot win to a"broken" lottery machine.
The winner, who asked to remain anonymous, explained he was picking up groceries at the Jewel-Osco, 140 W. Lake St. in suburban Addison, when he decided to get a lottery ticket.“I actually wanted to buy a ticket for a different game and the machine got stuck on Lotto ," he told the Illinois Lottery."I was a bit frustrated. I said, ‘What is going on? The machine won’t give me the right game!’ So I decided I may as well buy the Lotto ticket.
The anonymous lottery player later decided to check if it was a winner. It turns out, the ticket he purchased matched all six numbers in the Aug. 24 Lotto drawing to obtain the $9.2 million jackpot prize. "...When the machine showed the $9.2 million prize amount, I couldn’t believe it!,” he said. “I looked at my wife and she was completely speechless. We are laughing over how angry I was at the broken machine – and we’re so grateful for how it all turned out.”
For selling the winning ticket, Jewel in Addison will receive a one percent bonus of the prize amount, which equals $92,000.
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