A MAN in suburban Detroit in the state of Michigan was given the wrong lottery ticket. But there was no mistake about the result: a US$2 million winner.

The Michigan Lottery said the man stopped at a gas station in Eastpointe, Michigan, to put air in a tire. He needed change for the air machine and also asked for a US$10 Lucky 7’s scratch-off ticket.

“The clerk handed me the US$20 ticket by mistake. He offered to exchange it for me but something told me to keep it. I am sure glad I did!” the man said in a statement released Tuesday by the Lottery.

The name of the 57-year-old man wasn’t released. He decided to take a lump sum of about US$1.3 million instead of US$2 million spread over many years, the Lottery said.

(SD-Agencies)