(CBS-DETROIT) – A Michigan man won $500,000 on a scratch-off lottery ticket after asking the store clerk to pick out a $10 ticket for him.

The 55-year-old Kent County man, who wished to keep his identity anonymous, purchased the winning Luxury Cashword ticket at the Kent Mini Mart, 345 South Main Street in Kent City.

“I buy instant tickets once or twice a month, but I don’t usually play cashword games,” the player said. “I was in the store and I had $10 in my pocket, so I asked the clerk to give me a $10 ticket and he gave me this deluxe cashword ticket.”

After revealing a few words, he felt it would be a good ticket.

“When I got home, I scratched the ticket off and after revealing a few words, I thought, ‘This is going to be a good ticket!’ When I finished scratching, I thought I might have won $1,000, but I wasn’t sure. I took it to the store and got a message to claim it. So I decided to take it to my uncle and have him look at it because he plays Cashword tickets all the time. After my uncle looked at it, he said, ‘You won big!’ I was pretty shocked to find out it was a $500,000 winner!”

He accepted his award and said he planned to use the money to buy a new house and a truck.

With each $10 Luxury Cashword ticket, people have the chance to win prizes ranging from $10 to $500,000.

Several Michigan residents have recently won large lottery prizes, including a Wayne County man won $7.9 million after following the advice of his father and another man from Wayne County who won 6 million dollars after buying the ticket because the number on it was his and his wife’s lucky number.

A 25-year-old Ottawa County woman recently won $300,000 from a scratch card she got from her uncle.