Million dollar Michigan Lottery ticket sold in Gladstone

A ticket worth $1.41 million was sold at Wally’s Bar in Escanaba, with two Upper Peninsula residents splitting the purse.

Playing the Doubler Wild Time Progressive Fast Cash jackpot by the Michigan Lottery, the ticket was bought by the Wally’s Bar Lottery Club of Jennifer Boulley-Wicklund and Thomas Derusha. The two were working with Boulley-Wicklund bought the ticket, but didn’t check to see if it was a winner until her boss called her.

“The two of us work at Wally’s, and we always play the Lottery together. We were closing one night and decided to purchase a Fast Cash ticket before leaving. I bought the ticket and put it in my pocket to check when I got home. My boss called me later that night to tell me Wally’s had sold a $1.41 million winning Fast Cash ticket and asked if I’d purchased a ticket. I remembered that I hadn’t checked the ticket yet, so I grabbed it and looked it over. When I saw that we had won the jackpot, I couldn’t believe it. I called Thomas right away to tell him what we’d won,” Boulley-Wicklund said.

Both plan on using their winnings as savings.

The Fast Cash progressive jackpot combines all of the available instant games from the Michigan Lottery into one prize, which can be won at anytime. The jackpot has already started rebuilding after the win.