A communication error just lately led to fairly a windfall for one Illinois resident whereas on a go to to Michigan. Michael Sopejstal loved enjoying the “Lucky for Life” lottery whereas within the Wolverine State and headed to a GoLo fuel station in New Buffalo in September to buy a number of tickets.
Instead of the fuel station attendant handing Sopejstal his precise ticket request, he was given a number of numbers for a similar lottery drawing. Sopejstal considered declaring the error, however in the end accepted the ticket anyway. That go-with-the-flow angle turned out to be the proper choice.
“I come to Michigan every few weeks to eat at my favorite restaurant, and I always get a ‘Lucky for Life’ ticket for 10 or 20 draws while I’m here,” Sopejstal defined. “I asked the retailer for a ticket for 10 draws, but he accidentally printed a ticket with 10 lines for one draw, but I told him I still wanted it.”
Wrong Ticket Brings Major Payday
Sopejstal’s skill to easily roll with the punches actually proved to be fortuitous. The drawing was held on Sept. 17 and matched all 5 numbers – 11, 15, 17, 24, and 48.
“I checked my ticket one morning and saw that I had won $25,000 a year for life,” Sopejstal just lately informed lottery officers. “I immediately started thinking about all the things I could do with the money and whether I wanted to take the lump sum or annuity option. It was an amazing feeling!”
The ‘Lucky for Life’ recreation truly gives gamers two payout choices: $25,000 yearly for at least 20 years or the rest of the winner’s life; or a $390,000 lump-sum payout. Sopejstal, who’s 60 years previous, selected the latter and plans on utilizing a few of the money for touring whereas placing again some for financial savings.
This isn’t the one current case of a lottery win with an attention-grabbing twist. In early November, a South Carolina girl believed she’d gained $10,000. However, after redeeming her ticket, she was informed that she’d truly gained $100,000.
“I started crying,” she stated. “Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought something like that would have happened to me.”
