By David Fleet
Editor
Brandon Twp.— An area business owner and customer are now celebrating following a lucky draw last week.
On Oct. 17, an Oakland County man said he couldn’t breathe when he won a $549,033 Super Lucky 7’s Fast Cash jackpot from the Michigan Lottery.
The 52-year-old player who chose to remain anonymous brought his winning ticket at Smokers Palace, 1768 South Ortonville Road.
“I bought two Fast Cash tickets while I was at the store, a Super Lucky 7’s ticket and a Doubler Wild Time Progressive ticket,” he said. “I looked over the Wild Time ticket first and when I saw the jackpot amount on top of the ticket was back down to $10,000, I thought,’’ Why did I even try?”
Nick Patel, Smokers Palace owner for about 10 years was happy following the announcement.
“It’s great that the ticket came from our store,” said Patel. “It’s a pleasure to provide the Lottery along with other products at our store.”
The winner started looking the Super Lucky 7’s ticket over and noticed the jackpot amount was still $299,033 on this ticket.
“I couldn’t believe that someone had won the jackpot in the short time between my two tickets printing,” he recalled.
“When I finished looking at the ticket and realized I was the jackpot winner, I couldn’t breathe.”