Double lotto winner

Joseph Palmarchuk pictured with his wife Phillis of Barryton claiming their $1.35 million prize from the November 6, 2013 Classic Lotto 47 drawing.

(Courtesy | Michigan Lottery)

Update: Interview with Joe, photographs of him at home

BARRYTON, MI — A Michigan man who lives near Mount Pleasant has beaten one in 10 million odds to win $1.35 million in a recent Michigan Lottery Classic Lotto 47 drawing.

What makes Joseph Palmarchuk's win even more unbelievable, though, is that it's his second million-dollar lottery win since 2011, the Michigan Lottery reports.

Two years later, Palmarchuk achieved millionaire status again by winning the $1.35 million Classic Lotto 47 jackpot drawing Wednesday, Nov. 6.

After completing their "bucket list" with Palmerchuk’s previous $1-million dollar win, Palmarchuk and his wife, Phillis, are planning to purchase a condo somewhere warm to avoid Michigan winters, according to a Michigan Lottery news release.

The couple said they also use their winnings to help out their seven children, 23 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

The Palmarchuks are avid players of Lottery games and regulars at casinos. Palmarchuk is known for purchasing tickets that are “mistakes” so that retailers do not have to worry about having tickets no one will buy, the Michigan Lotto reports.

In 2011, at the time of his first win, Palmarchuk predicted that he would have another large win in his future and attributes karma as the reason.

“You never know how your karma is going to present itself,” Palmarchuk said.

Palmarchuk predicts another win in the next year, the Michigan Lotto reports, but not another million. He predicts he will win the Powerball or Mega Millions in the next three years.

According to the Michigan Lottery, Classic 47 jackpots begin at $1 million and odds of winning a Classic 47 jackpot are one in 10,737,573.

Barryton is a town of about 350 people northwest of Mount Pleasant. Attempts to reach Palmarchuk were unsuccessful.