What a difference a day makes.
A Michigan man who recently won nearly $800,000 in the state’s Fantasy 5 lottery daily drawing also won $100 the previous day playing the same game, missing the jackpot by one number.
The man, who chose to remain anonymous, won the July 27 Fantasy 5 jackpot from the Michigan Lottery, according to an Aug. 8 news release on the lottery’s website.
His winning numbers of 2-5-17-21-30 netted him the jackpot of $795,905. The day before, he matched four numbers to win $100.
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“I always buy Fantasy 5 tickets if the jackpot is over $250,000,” said the man, who lives in Macomb County. “I usually buy my tickets in-store, but the night of the drawing I realized I’d forgotten to buy some, so I logged onto MichiganLottery.com and bought two.”
One of those…