Man wins $9.2 million after lottery machine error

“It takes me!” When have you used that expression? Sure, when something you planned doesn’t turn out the way you wanted. Here we invite you to be careful with your words, because something unexpected, like a lottery machine error could lead you to win $9.2 million dollars. We know that it is difficult for this to happen again, however, know this story, because the next one could be yours.

An Illinois resident, who He lamented a lottery ticket vending machine error, went from anger to happiness, when he won $9.2 million dollars in the lottery.

The incident occurred at a Jewel-Osco store in Addison, a Chicago suburb. The man, who decided to remain anonymous, I wanted to participate in a different giveawaybut due to technical malfunction of the machine, ended up buying a Lotto ticket. That “mistake”, in quotes, made him win a million-dollar sum.

The incident occurred when the man approached the lottery ticket dispenser. When trying to purchase a ticket for a particular game, the machine was not processing your request correctly. After several failed attempts, and somewhat frustrated by the malfunction, he decided to accept the ticket that the machine offered him, without thinking that it would be his luck.

Days later, when he checked the ticket, he found that he had matched the winning numbers: 2, 15, 21, 29, 42 and 44, and his prize amounted to an impressive $9.2 million dollars.

“It was a regular day, I was shopping, and suddenly I decided to buy a lottery ticket,” the winner told the Illinois Lottery. “What happened next was incredible. “I couldn’t believe that an error in the machine would lead me to win such an amount of money.”

The most surprising thing was that, Despite his initial frustration, the man ended up being grateful for the incident.

“We laughed a lot about how upset he was about the broken machine, but in the end everything turned out great”he said.

The establishment He also benefited from the error, since by selling a winning ticket, received a bonus of 1% of the prize value, which is equivalent to $92,000 dollars. A significant benefit for the local that, although it did not expect such a turn of luck, was part of this unusual story.

This prize is the second largest in 2024 by the Lotto in Illinois, after a $10.4 million prize won in February.

By learning the story of this lucky winner from Illinois, we confirm that luck is like death: “When it’s your turn, it’s your turn, not even if you leave; and when it’s not your turn, not even if you put it on”.

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