Allen Park man learns of $500,000 Powerball win from life-changing call
A phone call from his son tipped off an Allen Park man that he had won a $500,000 Powerball prize from the Michigan Lottery.
Allen Park resident Benjamin Pauline, 49, matched the five white balls in the March 30 Powerball Double Play drawing to win the big prize: 20-29-43-57-63.
He bought his winning ticket at the Stop & Go, located at 13785 Allen Road in Southgate.
‘You might want to check your tickets’
“My son and I stopped to buy a few Powerball tickets at the store we always play Lottery at,” said Pauline. “The day after the drawing, me and my wife were on our way to an Easter party when I got a call from my son. He said: ‘You might want to check your Powerball tickets because a $500,000 winner was sold at the Stop & Go, and it wasn’t me!’
“When we arrived at the party, my son scanned my tickets on his Lottery app. As we scanned them, I was starting to lose hope that I was the big winner, and then finally we scanned the last one and $500,000 came up on the screen with confetti. It was unreal!”
Pauline visited Lottery headquarters recently to claim his prize.
With his winnings, the Allen Park man plans to buy a new home, invest, and take care of his family.
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