A 53-year-old man from Wayne County, Detroit, won $2 million from the Michigan Lottery's Legendary Wild Time scratch-off game after buying a ticket at Jefferson Fuels Inc. on East Jefferson Avenue. The game has paid out over $34 million in winnings since August 2025. The winner said, "Every once in a while, I'll buy a lottery ticket and the Legendary Wild Time game was just a random pick that day," and "I scratched the ticket right after I bought it and didn't believe it was real when I saw I'd won $2 million! It wasn't until I called the lottery and verified my prize that it started to sink in that this was really happening," according to CBS News Detroit.
WZZM 13 reports that the winner chose a one-time lump sum of about $1.3 million instead of annuity payments. The prize was officially claimed at Lottery headquarters with all paperwork completed.
The Michigan Lottery's Legendary Wild Time game, launched last year, has had multiple large winners. In 2024, players won nearly $1.8 billion, and over $61 million in prizes remain unclaimed, including two $2 million top prizes and several $10,000 prizes. Instant games are available at retailers, and recent wins include a $2 million prize by a man from Wayne County, as per Michigan Lottery Connect.
