A northern Kentucky man (who wishes to remain anonymous) has stepped forward with the winning $1,000,000 Mega Millions ticket from last Friday's drawing, lottery officials announced Thursday. Officials said the winner came to the Kentucky Lottery headquarters earlier this week with ticket after taking it to the Kroger on Dixie Highway in Erlanger to have it scanned. The ticket was purchased from that Kroger location, officials confirmed. “I saw the message, ‘prize exceeds cashing limit.’ I really wasn’t sure how much it was for,” he said. The winner told lottery officials he heard someone from Kroger tell him they had sold a million dollar ticket.“It’s me, maybe,” he told them. “I called the number on the back of the ticket, gave them the numbers and they confirmed it was the winner,” he said. The winning ticket matched five white ball numbers but not the Mega Ball to win the game's second prize. The winner said he purchased a $20 ticket with 10 sets of numbers and let the terminal pick his numbers, also known as Quick Pick. The first set of numbers on the ticket (Line A) were the ones that made him a winner. “It’s amazing, and to think I sometimes forget to check my tickets and misplace them,” the man told officials. The winner walked away with a check for $710,000, after taxes. He told lottery officials he wants to buy a business with his winnings. Kroger will also receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.