Wayne County resident scoop $1 million lottery prize

No one hit the Mega Millions jackpot Friday evening, but Wayne County does have a new Millionaire, officials with the Michigan Lottery announced on Saturday.

You're going to want to check your tickets because a ticket sold at the Hunter and Wayne Liquor store located at 35201 Hunter Ave. in Westland is now worth a cool $1 million.

The ticket matched the five white balls drawn last night — 29, 40, 47, 50, 57. "So, somebody woke up this morning to a big payday and there's no way to know who bought what ticket because it just spits them out of the machine," WWJ's Mike Campbell asked Michigan Lottery spokesman Jake Harris, who agreed.

"That's correct... we won't know who the winner is until they call us to claim the prize," Harris replied.

The ticket can be redeemed up to one year from the date of the drawing. Harris said the first thing that anybody should so when they purchase a lotto ticket -- let alone a winning ticket -- is to is sign the back of it and put their name on it.

"That's important," he advised. "Tickets are bare instruments, so you want to get your name on there and then they'll want to give our office a call to schedule an appointment to claim the prize."

While the process seems overwhelming, Harris said it's very straightforward.