FILE- In this Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, file photo, gas prices are advertised at a Sunoco gas station and market in Lapeer, Mich. U.S. drivers are paying an average of $3.72 per gallon on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. That's the highest price ever on this date, according to auto club AAA, a shade above the $3.717 average on Aug. 20, 2008. A year ago, the average was $3.578. (AP Photo/Mike Householder) (AP)
He struck it rich… for his parents.
A Michigan man who recently won $500,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket plans to only keep $5,000 of the prize and give the rest to his parents, state lottery officials said.
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"My parents have done so much for my sister and me," the 19-year-old, who asked to remain anonymous, said in a lottery bureau press release. "Helping them takes a big weight off of their shoulders and mine."
The man said he bought the last $10 Golden Wild Time ticket at a Sunoco gas station near Lansing and scratched it off in the store, Fox 2 reported.
It was not immediately clear if the sister would get a cut of the spoils as well.
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