An Illinois resident was grocery shopping at Jewel Osco in Addison when he stopped at the Lottery machine to get a ticket.
Illinois Lottery reports the anonymous man saying, “I actually wanted to buy a ticket for a different game and the machine got stuck on Lotto.” He recalls being frustrated that the machine wasn’t working, but decided to buy the Lotto ticket anyway.
It turned out the 6-digits matched the winning numbers for a total of $9.2 million. Although, Jewel Osco will be receiving a 1% bonus, equaling $92,000.
As he described the encounter he went on to say, “…I couldn’t believe it. I looked at my wife completely speechless. We are laughing over how angry I was at the broken machine…”
The new millionaire admits they are grateful for how the situation worked in their favor.
