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A 74-year-old man’s wife encouraged him to buy football-themed scratch-off tickets from the Michigan Lottery

They won $500,000 playing the Detroit Lions instant game

The couple plans to donate a portion, set some money aside for their grandchildren and save the remaining amount

A Michigan couple scored a financial touchdown after trying their luck at a Detroit Lions -themed scratch-off ticket game.

The Isabella County husband and wife, who chose to remain anonymous, recently won $500,000 playing that specific Michigan Lottery instant game .

The husband, 74, explained to the Michigan Lottery how they got lucky.

“I went to the store to buy a Powerball ticket, and my wife told me to get a few Detroit Lions tickets while I was there,” said the man, who bought his wi

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