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Woman finds lottery ticket from losing pile was $300,000 winnerNews Story
A Michigan woman said she wouldn't have realized her scratch-off lottery ticket was worth $300,000 if she hadn't tried to enter it in a second chance game. The 64-year-old Otsego County woman told Michigan Lottery officials she bought the Double Bonus Cashword game from the Marathon gas station in Gaylord and it ended up in her pile of non-winners when she finished scratching it off. The woman said she didn't know anything was amiss until she tried to enter her losing tickets for second ch
Dec 14, 2018, 8:55 am - Lottery News

Michigan lawmaker pushes bill to deduct cash from paycheck for lotto gameNews Story
So you want to gamble, but can't seem to put aside enough money to buy a lottery ticket? State Rep. Beau LaFave (R-Iron Mountain) has a solution that could help you place that losing bet you thought you couldn't afford. While his fellow GOP lawmakers look for more traditional methods of cutting entitlements in order to bring down government spending, LaFave is introducing a somewhat radical bill that would authorize employers to withhold a portion of their wages for the purpose of investin
Dec 12, 2018, 9:40 am - Lottery News

Homeless man dives into dumpster to retrieve lottery ticket worth $4.82MNews Story
By Todd Northrop A homeless Michigan man who realized he won the state's Lotto 47 game dived into a dumpster to retrieve the winning ticket. The man, who chose to remain anonymous, was one of two people who split the $9.64 million jackpot with the winning $1 ticket he bought for the Oct. 10 drawing. He bought the winning ticket, worth $4.82 million, at the B D Mini Mart at 32 West Munger Road in Munger. I have been playing the same numbers on Lotto 47 for more than two years, the man s
Nov 19, 2018, 8:29 am - Lottery News

Lottery flub pays off: Michigan co-workers win $1MNews Story
A Mega Millions mistake by an office employee is paying off for her and 20 of her Ottawa County coworkers. The Michigan Lottery says the Bus Busters lottery club won $1 million during the historic Mega Millions drawing on Oct. 23. All 21 winners work for SoundOff Commercial Vehicle Solutions in Hudsonville. The lottery club's representative said they pooled their money for lottery tickets, with their boss matching the amount for a total of $212. However, the woman who volunteered to bu
Nov 8, 2018, 8:21 am - Lottery News

Michigan man nearly turned down winning lottery ticket worth $416,000News Story
A 40-year-old lottery player from Wayne County, Michigan, nearly walked away from a winning 100X The Cash Fast Cash ticket that ended up being worth $416,616. I stop at the Citgo each day on my way to work to grab a couple things to get my day started, said the player who chose to remain anonymous. I had won a few bucks on some instant games, so I decided to buy a 100X The Cash Fast Cash ticket. When the clerk printed the ticket, it jammed in the machine and almost ripped in half. I didn
Oct 31, 2018, 12:30 pm - Lottery News

Michigan woman praises honest nephew after he scratched off $300,000 lottery ticket for herNews Story
A Michigan woman is proud of her nephew for his honesty when he scratched off a lottery ticket worth $300,000 for her. The woman, who chose not to identify herself, said she was visiting family when she bought a few tickets, but forgot to bring them home. I was down state visiting family for a couple days, and when I got back home I had a message from my nephew that I'd forgotten a couple of lottery tickets, the winner told Michigan Lottery officials. I called him back and told him to sc
Oct 31, 2018, 11:54 am - Lottery News

Michigan lottery prize worth nearly $520K goes unclaimedNews Story
Money goes to school fund The deadline has passed for a large lottery jackpot to be claimed and as a result, the state School Aid Fund will benefit from it. A winning Jackpot Slots Fast Cash ticket worth $519,456 expired on Friday, July 27, 2018, one year after it was purchased. That ticket was sold at the Marathon gas station, located at 17040 East Warren Avenue in Detroit. The winning ticket is the first major prize to go unclaimed this year, but nowhere near the record set in 1998. T
Jul 30, 2018, 10:59 am - Lottery News

Michigan lottery ticket plant prosperingNews Story
Ypsilanti's Pollard Banknote instant ticket factory might not make the most scratch-offs in the world. But Michiganders could still be in luck. We have made a lot of winners here, said Doug Pollard, co-CEO of Pollard Banknote. This is probably the luckiest plant for winners in Michigan. The Ypsilanti factory prints about 600 million instant lottery tickets a month for 23 states, the District of Columbia and many countries around the world, including France and Australia. Pollard said
Jul 6, 2018, 3:13 pm - Lottery News

Visiting father discovers son's lifetime lottery winNews Story
A Michigan man said he might have never known about his $25,000 a year for life lottery jackpot if his father hadn't come to visit. Bhavik Patel, 29, of Kentwood, told Michigan Lottery officials he bought a Lucky for Life ticket from the Speedway gas station at 16819 Marsh Road in Haslett with the numbers 7, 12, 20, 27, and 48. I bought the ticket when I was visiting my sister, who lives in Lansing, said Patel. I never thought about it again until my dad came to me with a shocked look on
Jun 25, 2018, 3:02 pm - Lottery News

Odd strategy helps Michigan man win $2 million on instant lotto ticketNews Story
A Michigan man's lottery strategy doesn't seem so odd anymore after winning $2 million on a Michigan Lottery instant ticket. The 22-year-old, who chose to remain anonymous, told the Michigan Lottery he likes playing instant games, but only buys odd-numbered tickets. His strategy paid off when he purchased a Diamond Dazzler ticket at the Busatti Party store at 12868 Eureka Road in Southgate. The Diamond Dazzler game is my favorite, so I asked the clerk what number the ticket was. When
May 25, 2018, 9:27 am - Lottery News