Winner is fortunate to find ticket in time but still delays claim
By Kate Northrop
A Michigan lottery winner was lucky to discover a missing Fantasy 5 jackpot winning ticket worth $240,955 but intentionally waited until the deadline to claim it.
The winner of a $240,955 Fantasy 5 lottery jackpot waited nearly an entire year to validate his ticket.
The anonymous Charlevoix County man's journey to win the jackpot began just over a year ago, when he purchased a Fantasy 5 ticket for the Aug. 28, 2025 drawing at East Jordan Central EZ Mart on Water Street in East Jordan.
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