(New Buffalo, MI) - A lottery ticket mistake in New Buffalo turned out to be good fortune for the buyer of the ticket.

 

According to the Michigan Lottery, an Illinois man went to the Go Lo station along U.S. 12 just west of Whittaker Street about two months ago. There, Michael Sopejstal asked for a lottery ticket with ten rows of numbers for the Lucky for Life drawing.  However, the store clerk gave him just one row of figures.

 

"I asked the retailer for a ticket for 10 draws, but he accidentally printed a ticket with 10 lines for one draw, but I told him I still wanted it," he told the Michigan Lottery.

 

The man paid for the ticket and later checked the numbers to find it was good for $25,000 a year for the rest of his life.

 

According to lottery officials, the man decided to take a lump sum payment of nearly $400,000, citing a desire to travel and build up his savings.