(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Every month, Illinois resident Michael Sopejstal visits his favorite restaurant in Michigan — and every month, he buys a Lucky for Life lottery ticket.
His most recent trip, though, was far from usual, after a clerk at a GoLo gas station made a mistake.
Instead of printing a ticket for 10 draws, like Sopejstal wanted, the employee accidentally printed a ticket with 10 lines for a single draw. Sopejstal told the clerk he’d still take the ticket.
Call it a flub; call it fate; but the error resulted in Sopejsta winning $25,000 per year for life.
He ended up taking the lump sum of $390,000. With his winnings, Michigan Lottery officials said he plans to travel and then save the remainder.
Sopejstal’s odds of winning were one in more than 1.8 million.
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