Text from a friend alerts Michigan man to his $200,000 lottery win

Sept. 27 (UPI) -- A Michigan Lottery player said a text from a friend alerted him to the fact that he had scored a $200,000 Club Keno jackpot.

The 45-year-old Oakland County man told Michigan Lottery officials he frequently buys Club Keno tickets at the County Fair Market on Dequindre Road in Warren and a friend recently learned that there was a big winner at the store.

"I got a text from a friend asking if I won big playing Club Keno because he saw a $200,000 prize was won at the store I usually buy my tickets from," the man said. "I'd just bought a Club Keno ticket from that store, so I pulled it out of my pocket and scanned it on the lottery app."

The player discovered he had won $200,000 by matching eight of the 20 Club Keno numbers in draw 2242363 on Sept. 5.

"When the winning amount came up on the screen, all I could think was: 'Wow it really was me!' I'd never won a big prize like this, so it was pretty unbelievable," the winner said.

The winner said he has big plans for the prize money.

"I plan to use my winnings to start a business and start building my empire," he said.