'I thought I was going to have a heart attack': Calhoun County man wins 0K

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A 38-year-old Calhoun County man is planning to buy a house after winning $500,000 playing the Michigan Lottery's Black Pearl...

September 26, 2022
7:26 PM

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A 38-year-old Calhoun County man is planning to buy a house after winning $500,000 playing the Michigan Lottery's Black Pearls instant game.The man bought his winning ticket at the Columbia C-Store on Columbia Avenue East in Battle Creek.'I purchased a Black Pearls ticket while I was at the store and scratched it when I got in my car,' said the lucky player, who chose to remain anonymous. 'When I saw I'd won $500,000, I thought I was going to have a heart attack! I tried calming myself down, but I was shaking the whole way home.

Karie Herringa