Man says he can go to college after winning lottery prize
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Michael MacAuley | Illinois Lottery
(SUN TIMES MEDIA WIRE) - A $10 ticket turned into a half-million dollar prize for a man in southwest suburban Crest Hill.
Michael MacAuley won $500,000 after scratching a lottery ticket he bought in a vending machine and ended up winning the top prize, the Illinois Lottery said.
“I always wanted to go to college, and now that I won this prize, I can,” MacAuley told the lottery after winning.
MacAuley bought his $10 ticket at U.S. Tobacco, 1701 N. Larkin Ave. in Crest Hill, the lottery said. U.S. Tobacco received 1 percent of the prize amount — $5,000 — for selling the ticket.