A lucky punter has won a USD 1 million prize after playing the same lottery numbers for eight years.
Norman Doerr – from Ubly, Huron County, Michigan State, USA – found that he had scooped the fortune, worth USD 1 million (GBP 870,000), as he watched the morning TV news.
Newsflash obtained a statement from the Michigan State Lottery saying that Doerr “matched the five white balls in the Oct. 19 drawing to win the big prize: 06-08-15-27-42.”
They added: “He bought his winning ticket at Fast Freddie’s, located at 2245 Main Street in Ubly. Ubly is about 50 miles east of Bay City.”
Doerr said: “I started playing these two sets of numbers in the Powerball game about eight years ago.”
He added: “I was watching the news the morning after the drawing, and they showed the winning Powerball numbers from the night before.
“I recognized the numbers as soon as they came up on the screen and I knew I was a big winner! I had to pause the TV and look over the numbers a few times to make sure I wasn’t mistaken.”
The 62-year-old recently claimed his prize and reportedly plans to save his winnings, putting them towards his retirement.
Doerr said: “Winning is a great feeling and is going to allow me to retire earlier than I planned.”
The Michigan State lottery said: “The Powerball jackpot was last won on August 3.”
As of Monday, 7th November, the Powerball lottery jackpot had swelled to USD 1.9 billion (GBP 1.65 billion), a world record.
