LAPEER COUNTY, MI – A Michigan man had a very happy New Year’s Eve after he found out he won a $1 million lottery prize. Robert Benaglio, of Dryden, matched the five white balls in the Dec. 23 Powerball drawing to win. He bought his winning ticket at the Metamora BP, located at 3839 South Lapeer Road in Metamora.

A Lapeer County man who has bought a Powerball ticket weekly for 10 years is $1 million richer. Robert Benaglio, of Dryden, matched the five white balls in the Dec. 23 drawing: 22-42-44-57-64. Benaglio bought the winning ticket at the Metamora BP,

“I have bought a Powerball ticket for one drawing each week for 10 years,” Robert Benaglio said, according to a Jan. 22 news release from the Michigan Lottery. So, he purchased a ticket for the Dec. 23 drawing at a gas station in Metamora. This time, winning him a $1 million prize.