“Not Me!”: Michigan Man’s Hilarious Response Before Realizing He Won $1M

If you're someone who plays the Michigan Lottery all the time and feels like you never have any luck then you might not like what you're about to read.

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A Michigan man named Abdulla Alhamyari won $1,000,000 playing Powerball a few weeks ago.

He recently made the trip to Michigan Lottery headquarters in Lansing to turn in his ticket and collect his winnings.

While there he shared with lottery officials the cool story behind his win.

Credit: Michigan Lottery

“I’m not a regular Powerball player, but whenever I’m at the store and have a few extra dollars in my pocket, I’ll buy a ticket. The day after the drawing, I got a text from my friend asking if I was the big Powerball winner with a screenshot of the store where the $1 million winning ticket was sold. I didn’t think much of it, so I replied: ‘Not me!’ and went about my day.

“I took my ticket to the store that night and scanned it. When a message came up to file a claim, the cashier said they hadn’t heard who the big $1 million winner was yet, so maybe it was me. I checked the winning numbers, and sure enough I’d won $1 million! It still feels like I’m living in a dream.”

This lucky Michigan man isn't the only person to win big playing the Michigan Lottery.

A man visiting Michigan from Maryland recently won $1,000,000 playing a Lucky Numbers instant win ticket.

A Bay County woman who had been playing Lotto 47 for 20 years with the same numbers hit it big and won $1.1 million.

And an Oakland County woman playing Fantasy 5 online accidentally selected a wrong number that resulted in her winning $250,000.

You can check out more Michigan Lottery winners by clicking here.