LANSING — An Emmet County man had to pinch himself to make sure he wasn’t dreaming after winning $1 million playing the Michigan Lottery’s Diamond Wild Time instant game.

“I have been playing this game since it came out because I have had pretty good luck with it,” said the 42-year-old player, who chose to remain anonymous. “I stopped to get an energy drink and saw they had the Diamond Wild Time game, so I purchased one ticket.

“When I scratched the ticket and saw I won $1 million, I had to pinch myself because I thought I was dreaming! I drove straight to my sister’s house to show her, and she thought it was one of those prank lottery tickets. She scanned it on her Michigan Lottery app, and that’s when we knew I really did just win $1 million. Winning such a big prize is shocking, overw

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