A man from Michigan studied previous winning numbers and took home $376,564 with a lottery ticket by doing so.
A man from Michigan took home $376,564 with a winning lottery ticket by using lottery strategy of studying previous winning numbers, local news station ClickOnDetroit reported on Friday, according to Newsweek.
“I play Fantasy 5 once the jackpot creeps up a bit,” said the player, who chose to remain anonymous. “I used to always play easy picks, but then I started studying the numbers and playing what came out the most and it worked!
“I watched the drawing that night and the numbers looked pretty familiar. I went to the kitchen to grab my ticket and as I was looking it over, I just kept thinking: ‘No way is this happening to me!’”
He plans on traveling with his winnings and then investing the rest, the report noted.
Each time someone purchases a Michigan Lottery ticket, the proceeds go towards K-12 education, which provides services to nearly 1.5 million children. The largest jackpot won in Michigan was $1.05 billion in 2021.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are one in 302.6 million and the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are one in 292.2 million, according to Lottery USA.