Recession or not, Michigan lottery tickets are hot sellers
Tonight's huge Mega Millions jackpot helping already good sales
These tough times might have folks cutting back lots of things, but Keith Longhurst figures lottery tickets will never be one of them.
That's why it's no surprise to him that Michigan Lottery officials say lottery sales are running at a near record pace and are expected to get a boost by tonight's $207 million Mega Millions jackpot.
We get people in here on unemployment, and they're putting together change just to buy one ...
Aug 21, 2009, 1:21 pm - - Lottery News forum
Michigan church wins $70,000 in lottery
Divine intervention? Or just plain luck?
No matter what the circumstances, a Michigan church is $70,000 richer courtesy of the Michigan Lottery.
The Covenant Life Worship Center and its 25 members in Haslett, Mich. had one of the second-prize tickets in the Lucky 7s raffle held May 4.
The $10 ticket was purchased at a convenience store in Haslett, five miles northeast of downtown Lansing. The lottery Web site says the odds of a single ticket winning $70,000 in Lucky 7s are one in 55,556 ...
Aug 18, 2009, 10:46 am - - Lottery News forum
12 Michigan women + 2 men share $12.7M lottery jackpot
Twelve women from a small town in Michigan's upper peninsula have claimed a $12.7 million Classic Lotto 47 jackpot.
Michigan Lottery officials said members of the Island Dreamers lottery club made the six-hour trip from Newberry to Lansing in a stretch Hummer limousine on Tuesday to claim their prize.
Club member Debra Cummings said she doesn't remember anything after checking the first two numbers on the morning after the July 1 drawing.
The Island Dreamers range in age from 25 years o ...
Jul 9, 2009, 8:38 am - - Lottery News forum
Latest Michigan Lottery raffle offer $1,000 a week for life
Tickets on sale Monday; drawing is June 22
Michigan Lottery officials are banking they've come up with a winning formula for the next raffle game: A top prize of $1,000 a week for the rest of the player's life.
Win for Life raffle tickets go on sale Monday for $20 each, and once 300,000 are sold, that's it.
Lottery Commissioner M. Scott Bowen said the state's 12th raffle not only offers players a whole new way to win, it gives them a way to stretch out a win.
The prize that keeps on ...
May 8, 2009, 10:39 am - - Lottery News forum
Michigan Lottery winner gives prize to charity
A Kalamazoo-area man who won $10,000 in the Michigan Lottery's Club Keno game has donated his winnings to a charity.
Soon after winning the money on March 11, Jim Dancy of Richland decided others needed it more than he did. So he gave it all to the Greater Kalamazoo United Way.
I was heavily influenced by my close friend Julie, who taught me to think of others first, and to stop and think about what life is really about. I know the needs in the community are great right now, so for me it ...
Apr 19, 2009, 9:30 am - - Lottery News forum
Michigan Lottery to offer less-pricey raffle
Paying heed to tough economic times, new Lucky 7 offers players $10 chances at winning up to $700K
Responding to tough economic times, the Michigan Lottery is launching its latest raffle game and you won't see a $50 ticket price, or a $2 million top prize.
Tickets for the raffle, Lucky 7s, go on sale Monday for $10 each. The top prize is $700,000, the first time in the two-year history of the raffles that it will fall below the $1 million mark.
We have a lot of players who really like ...
Feb 25, 2009, 8:37 am - - Lottery News forum
Dream big: Mega jackpot for tonight is $103 million
Lottery business for the Mega Millions $103 million jackpot drawing tonight was unusually slow in downtown Detroit on Monday due largely to the closure of federal government offices, banks and financial markets for the Presidents' Day holiday.
But Hisham Haydous, manager of Wally's Convenience and Deli in the Murphy-Telegraph Building near Shelby and Congress, said things will be different today as workers return to their jobs.
Many customers don't even play the Mega Millions lottery unti ...
Feb 17, 2009, 8:50 am - - Lottery News forum
New Michigan lottery terminals are giving retailers fits
Numerous glitches have popped up on the touch-screen devices that use satellite technology
The new generation of Michigan Lottery machines is giving some retailers fits as the devices sometimes go on the blink in this winter's harsh weather.
The state began replacing 11,000 older model machines last fall, and the conversion should be completed by month's end.
But unlike the old system, which used phone lines, the new one relies on satellite technology.
In snowy, windy weather, the ne ...
Jan 16, 2009, 7:54 am - - Lottery News forum
Michigan Lottery celebrates 10th raffle drawing
Michigan: more raffle draws than any other state
The Michigan Lottery's Millionaire Raffle is back in action, now with its tenth drawing conducted.
The complete list of winning numbers for the latest raffle draw can be found on Lottery Post's Michigan Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mi).
The $20 raffle tickets went on sale Nov. 10, and a total of 600,000 were available for the drawing. All the tickets were sold out prior to the draw.
In the drawing held earlier toda ...
Jan 5, 2009, 11:08 pm - - Lottery News forum
Ex-con held onto his lotto millions and started new life
While having a few drinks at a Hamilton Street bar, Aristeo Robelin saw a familiar face.
It was one of the police officers who helped put him in federal prison on drug smuggling and weapons charges.
The cop congratulated Robelin on his new life as a millionaire and bought him a beer.
Robelin, 40, took the meeting as an omen and stopped spending so much time in Hamilton Street bars.
Three years after winning $3.7 million in the Mega Millions lottery, the father of two and ex-con has l ...
Dec 10, 2008, 8:27 pm - - Lottery News forum
