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.

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.

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.

LANSING, MI -- An Oakland County man plans on starting a business after he turned a $50 lottery ticket into a $6 million jackpot win recently.

(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.