The Michigan lottery is here to reveal details of a lucky player from Flat Rock who is now a millionaire playing the lottery game. The Michigan lottery has confirmed that the name of the lucky winner is James Porter who is a resident from Flat Rock.
James Porter, a 50-year-old man from Flat Rock had decided to play the Powerball lottery game, the largest lottery game all over the world. The MI lottery team has revealed that Porter is a regular lottery player who plays the Powerball lottery alongside Mega Millions.
According to the player, he tries his lucks playing both the Powerball and Mega Millions of lottery games. The couple is currently the largest lottery game in the entire world, as these two are the only games that have given out prizes worth billions.
Therefore, millions of players from the United States as well as international locations like to try their luck playing both games. Every lottery draw held by the Powerball and Mega Millions of lottery games results in several thousand players winning several prize monies.
According to the Michigan lottery, James Porter purchased the Powerball lottery ticket that was for the May 19 draw. The lucky numbers drawn on the night of May 19, during the draw were 69-56-55-13-11 alongside the Red Powerball.
Unfortunately, the player was not able to match the Red Powerball but was lucky enough to match all five primary winning numbers. As a result, James Porter bagged $1,000,000 prize money to his name and has been inducted as a millionaire in Powerball lottery’s millionaire winners’ list.
James Porter revealed that he purchases his lottery tickets from Flat Rock Oasis gas station. The particular gas station is located at 26102 Telegraph Road, Flat Rock.
The player informed the officials that he was not sure that he was going to win such a large amount. He had always hoped the maximum prize money he would ever win would be somewhere between $50,000 and $100,000.
He had previously won small prizes so he is used to receiving notifications from the Powerball and Mega Millions lottery. Therefore, when he received the notification from the Powerball lottery on May 20 at 1 am, he thought it was another small prize.
However, when he checked the email, it seemed different and had more content than usual. This had him thinking that he was about to win something big. He hoped that the prize money must be a million dollar, and turns out, he was right.
James Porter informed the officials that he had already planned out how he was going to spend his money. Porter stated that he will be getting himself a new car, invest in a new business, and put the rest of the money in his savings account.