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Man who bought $15M lottery ticket in Luck, Wisconsin claims prize

Lottery winner hails from Luck, Wisconsin
Lottery winner hails from Luck, Wisconsin 01:19

LUCK, Wis. -- The man who bought the winning Megabucks ticket in Luck, Wisconsin is $15 million richer after coming forward to claim his prize.

Mark Cunningham bought the ticket at the Wayne's Food Plus last week. He came forward, claiming his prize in Madison.

While waiting for it to be validated, Wisconsin lottery officials say Cunningham joked he actually had two winning tickets. One was worth $15.1 million, while the other won him $2.

MORE: $15.1 million lottery ticket sold in Luck, Wisconsin

The store that sold the ticket also got $100,000.

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