A Jackson County man had time on his side when he arrived just before the store closed and won $300,000 playing the Emerald Green Wild Time instant game from the Michigan Lottery. The 44-year-old player purchased his winning ticket at the BP gas station, located at 4700 Hudson Toad in Osseo, which is about 10 miles southeast of Hillsdale.
The lucky player says he arrived at the store minutes before they were about to close and decided to buy a Lottery ticket. He scratched the ticket immediately and said he couldn’t believe he’d won $300,000. After the clerk checked the ticket and confirmed the big prize, the player said he was shocked and called his family to tell them the good news.
The lucky winner, who chose to remain anonymous, has already visited the Michigan Lottery headquarters to collect his prize and says he plans to buy a home with his winnings. He called winning an “unbelievable feeling” that still hasn’t sunk in.
Michigan players have won over $19 million in prizes playing Emerald Green Wild Time, which launched in December 2022. Tickets cost $5 per play and give players a chance to win prizes from $5 up to $300,000 instantly. More than $26 million in prizes remain, including one top prize of $300,000, six $25,000 prizes, and 24 prizes of $2,500.
Wild Time Progressive instant games are part of the Lottery’s group of Fast Cash games, where a portion of every ticket sold feeds into one large progressive jackpot. The jackpot continues to grow until there’s a winner, meaning the top prizes never sell out. It’s one of the easiest games to play from the Michigan Lottery, as players don’t have to select numbers or wait for a drawing to be held.
Players must match “YOUR NUMBERS” to the “WINNING NUMBERS” on each Wild Time Progressive ticket to win the prize displayed below. Revealing the word “JACKPOT” below any match wins players 20% of the current Fast Cash progressive jackpot.
Lottery instant games can be purchased at any of the 10,500 retailers across Michigan. Lucky players won more than $1.7 billion playing instant games in 2022.
