ROCHESTER HILLS (WWJ) -- A Rochester Hills man won big on the lottery after listening to his gut.
The lucky player, 50-year-old Mohamed Salem, matched the four white balls in the Powerball – 06-40-41-45-52 PB:9 – in the May 14 drawing to win a $50,000 prize.
And thanks to the Power Play, the prize was multiplied to $150,000.
“I just kept getting this feeling in my gut that I should buy a Powerball ticket,” said Salem. “I had the feeling a couple of times throughout the day and then again just before the drawing. I logged into my Lottery account on my phone and bought a ticket about five minutes before sales ended for the drawing that night."
Salem said that a few days later when he was going through some emails, he saw one from Michigan Lottery that told him to log in in order to claim a prize.
“When I logged in to my account and saw I had won a $150,000 prize, I was stunned," he said.
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He plans to invest his winnings.
The Powerball jackpot was last won on April 27. One ticket bought in Arizona won the $473.1 million jackpot.
The current jackpot stands at $210 million.
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