CHICAGO (Gray News) - An Illinois man got the lottery prize of a lifetime thanks to a Lotto machine malfunctioning.

The winner, who chose to remain anonymous, said he still can't believe it after winning a $9.2 million jackpot because he was actually trying to buy a ticket for a different game.

"It was a normal day, just like any other. I was picking up groceries at Jewel and on my way out the door, I decided to buy a lottery ticket," he explained.

According to the Illinois Lottery, the winner earned the nickname 'Lucky Lotto Winner' over what happened.

He said he was trying to buy a ticket for a different game that day when the machine got stuck on the Lotto game.

"I was a bit frustrated. I even asked 'What is going on? The machine won't give me the right game!' So, I decided I may as well buy the Lotto ticket."

The jackpot-winning ticket was purchased at a Jewel-Osco store in Addison for the Aug. 24 Lotto drawing.

The lucky winner held onto the ticket for about a month before claiming his prize.

The man's winning ticket matched all six numbers of 2-15-21-29-42-44 to score the $9.2 million jackpot prize.

"The morning after the drawing, I scanned the ticket at a machine to check if it was a winner. When the machine showed the $9.2 million prize amount, I couldn't believe it!" he said. "I looked at my wife and she was completely speechless. We are laughing now over how angry I was at the broken machine and so grateful for how it all turned out."

The Jewel store will receive a $92,000 check for selling the winning ticket.

The $9.2 million prize is the second-largest Lotto jackpot hit this year in Illinois. The largest was in February when an Illinois Lottery player won $10.4 million on a ticket bought in Park Ridge.