A Michigan man took a cue from his wife and bought a scratch-off lottery ticket that earned him a $500,000 prize.

“I gave the tickets to my wife to scratch, and since she wasn’t wearing her glasses, she handed one to me and asked: ‘What does this mean?’ as she pointed to the money bag symbol,” the winner told the Michigan Lottery. “I said ‘this’ is a really, really big winner!”

A St. Clair County man says he’s going on a European river cruise after winning a $1 million Mega Millions prize.

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. — A Macomb County man who thought he'd bought a losing scratch-off ticket is still in shock after realizing he'd actually won millions. The 43-year-old player, who chose to remain anonymous, bought his Magnificent Millions ticket at the 9 Mile Stop & Go in Warren.

Ernest Rust was not looking at the prize amount incorrectly, Michigan lottery officials said in a Feb. 13 news release. He had hit the Mega Millions jackpot and won $1 million.

A stunned Michigan Lottery winner says he had difficulty believing the validity of his jackpot win. The 38-year-old man from Clinton County won big while playing the Michigan Lottery’s Caribbean Cashword instant game. He said he deposited $40 into his account, then secured a huge jackpot prize on his second game.