By Kate Northrop
FENTON, Mich. — A Michigan player was so excited when he found out he won $1 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket that he drove away from the gas station with the gas hose still attached to his car.
An anonymous player from Genesee County forgot to remove the gas hose before he victoriously drove off with a lottery ticket worth a million dollars.
The winner, 59, stopped at the Speedway gas station on Owen Road in Fenton to fill up his tank and went inside the convenience store to buy his favorite scratch-off.
"'Winning Millions' has been my favorite Lottery game since it came out," the player told the Michigan Lottery. "I stopped at Speedway to get gas and decided to get a ticket while I was there. I started scratching the ticket while my gas was pumping. When I saw I'd matched the number 14 and then revealed the $1 million amount underneath, I started yelling, 'Are you kidding me?!'"
Everything else happening around him seemed to fall to the wayside when he revealed the "1MIL" amount underneath a matching number.
"I was so excited, I forgot I was filling up with gas and drove away with the gas pump still in my car," the joyful player remarked.
The winner had a difficult time containing his excitement, but he finally got to claim his big prize when he visited Lottery headquarters in Lansing and took home his winnings as a one-time lump sum payment of $634,517.
According to the Lottery, he has a few things on his list he can tick off with his newfound winnings, including buying a home, a car, and a vacation.
"I have been playing since the Lottery began and finally won big," the player said in a press release. "Winning a $1 million prize is life-changing."
The nameless player claimed the last of three $1 million top prizes in the "Winning Millions" instant game, which costs $10. Players still have a shot at winning one of eight available $20,000 second prizes and 22 of 108 $1,000 third prizes, with more than $10 million in prizes remaining in the game.
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Congratulations on your nice win. Now when the gas station demands restitution you'll have no problem reimbursing them. Better than getting the next step...a lawsuit!
That was pretty funny!
Oh too funny, that picture is worth a thousand words. Sounds like something I might do heaven forbid lol.
IKR! lol @ Le'Jardin ... Good afternoon. ha ha i know
I'm not one to believe "each and every"story out there, but, i am believing this one. ha ha, quite funny..
I'm loving it, easily pay for it, heck, can buy 10 or more gas stations easily now, so payin'
for any minor or real damage = easy $$$
& i am SO very VERY happy for this MIDDLE-AGE GENTLEMEN! Still have, alot of time on earth, God-willing,
to just sit back, no more worries(financially) if handled right, so god bless him, and his loved ones.
CONGRATS
and good luck to all in NC and my CALI, all over, 
those playing their pick 3, 4,
and other games today/tonight, weekend.and the week coming up.
Nice win and all ...but michigan taking back over $230,000 from the beamer. I hope he's not taking back the wrong side of the money already ⛽
Those new hoses have disconnects. They are actually designed to separate, and turn off the fuel pump. And, can easily be put back on with a few minor repairs. Probably, not too many fuel pumps have that feature.
The older pumps would just gush fuel out until someone hit the emergency stop button on the side of the building. Or the cashier pressed the stop button. The buttons are clearly marked on each side of the exterior, and in the cashier booth.
Whenever our brains experience extreme terror or extreme happiness, we temporarily lose track of time and space. That usually happens when the terror or joy is unexpected. At that particular moment a giant lion could have been walking toward this guy and he would not have noticed because everything was invisible except the lottery ticket. Gas pump? What gas pump? Congrats to him, I hope he spends it wisely.
Gas station will get a double dip on the win
I've done that, not once, but twice. Except I didn't win a million dollars.
The gas station didn't charge me, how embarrassing. Especially the second time.
What a happy win, congratulations!
A question for those Michigan auto insurance broker licensee members reading, I'm curious about the costs to fix and reinstall the gas station's hand pump, hose, couplings, etc. What part of this car owner's automobile insurance policy would pay those claims?