A Camping Trip Mistake Just Won This Michigan Man $220,000

A Livingston County man accidentally bought two lottery tickets and ended up winning on both of them.

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Paul Pattwell, of Pinckney, was able to match the Fantasy 5 numbers in the June 15 drawing to win the big prizes of $110,000.

He recently made the trip to Michigan Lottery Headquarters in Lansing to cash in his two winning tickets.

Credit: Michigan Lottery

He shared with the Michigan Lottery how he ended up with two winning tickets.

“I’ve been playing the same sets of Fantasy 5 numbers for years and I play them every day. My wife and I were on a camping trip Up North, and I couldn’t remember if I had bought my Fantasy 5 ticket, so I stopped at the store and bought one.

“A few days after we got home from vacation, I pulled out over a week’s worth of tickets and started checking them. I recognized the June 15 Double Play winning numbers right away and was thrilled that I’d won $110,000! I called my wife and told her the big news.

“After I got off the phone with my wife, I started checking the rest of my tickets which is when I realized I had two tickets for the same drawing and won another $110,000 prize. I called my wife again and said: ‘You’re not going to believe this, but I won a second $110,000 prize!’ I couldn’t believe it.”

This lucky 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.