Wife teased husband about playing lottery, then he wins big. ‘She’s not laughing now’
A Michigan man was shocked to see how much he won on a second chance lottery game.
Edmund Bronikowski, 59, played the Michigan Lottery’s $300,000,000 Extraordinaire second chance game, according to a Nov. 14 news release from the lottery.
Bronikowski scanned his non-winning tickets to be entered into a giveaway. Then, on Oct. 29, he was chosen in a random drawing, the release said.
“My wife used to tease me about scanning my non-winning tickets, but she’s not laughing now,” Bronikowski told lottery officials.
Bronikowski said he was on a conference call when he got an email saying he won.
“When I opened the email and saw I won a $100,000 second chance prize, all I could say is: ‘No way,” he said, per the release.
Bronikowski told lottery officials that he plans to finish some projects at his home, pay bills, and save the rest.
“I still don’t believe this is real,” he said in the release. “I have dreamt of being here for so long, and I can’t believe it’s really happening.”
This story was originally published November 14, 2024 at 5:07 PM with the headline "Wife teased husband about playing lottery, then he wins big. ‘She’s not laughing now’."
