“About three months later, I remembered I still had the ticket, and I took it to the store to cash it. I got a message to file a claim at the Lottery office, so I finally scratched the amount. When I saw it was a $4 million winner, I was amazed. I couldn’t even fathom it. It’s been very hard to wrap my head around!”

He said he often puts winning tickets away, without scratching off the prize amount, and saves them for a later time when he needs some cash.

An anonymous 59-year-old man from Oakland County was stunned to discover he won $4 million from a Millionaire’s Club ticket he purchased at a gas station months before, the Michigan Lottery said in a May 23 news release.

A Michigan man says he saw that he had won, but he never scratches off the amounts, so it'll be a surprise when he cashes it. So he was shocked when he realized it was a $4 million winning ticket.

An 18-year-old North Carolina man turned $10 into a $1 million payday thanks to playing the lottery. According to the North Carolina Education Lottery, Raleigh resident Jalen McLean couldn’t help but smile after a $10 scratch-off ticket turned into that $1 million prize.