A 36-year-old took a roundabout approach to finding out if his Michigan lottery ticket was a big winner. The man bought the ticket at a BP convenience store in Farmington Hills, scratched off the bar code and scanned it, he told Michigan lottery officials.

A man who occasionally buys Michigan Lottery scratch-off tickets said he thought he was going to fall over when he discovered that his recent purchase made at a Farmington Hills gas station was a $6 million winner.

The largest Michigan Lottery prize won or claimed in October was from an instant game. Michael Buckner of South Carolina, who works in Escanaba, purchased a $2,000,000 Mega Multiplier ticket at the Gladstone Mobil located at 2009 Lake Shore Drive in Gladstone, according to the Michigan Lottery.

(CBS DETROIT) - A Michigan man said he "shed tears of joy" after winning $1 million playing the Michigan Lottery's Million Dollar Madness instant game. The 51-year-old Oakland County man, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased the $10 ticket at East Holly Oil, located at 8435 East Holly Road in Holly.

An Oakland County man took a chance on a $10 dollar ticket and won $1 million from Michigan Lottery's Million Dollar Madness instant game, lottery officials announced. The 51-year-old, who chose to remain anonymous, bought his ticket at East Holly Oil in Holly Township, according to a Michigan Lottery press release on Thursday.