Michigan man wins jackpot after following the same lottery routine for 30 years

Comment #25

billybucks — Mon, 20 May 2019 14:13:28 GMT

worcester is woostah not woodter. dorchester is a rat hole.

Comment #24

L J1 — Sat, 18 May 2019 14:58:25 GMT

Several years ago when Michigan Lottery used to allow lottery players to post their own stories to the Michigan Lottery website regarding Jackpot winners, it seemed like many Jackpot winning tickets were in fact Easy Picks (EP); Fantasy Five Game in general. Few Jackpot winners were non Easy Pick tickets.

Now the website, from what I've seen on my mobile device just gives a very brief comment on recent winners on the games offered for play Not stories like here on LP.

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Comment #23

Curious22 — Fri, 17 May 2019 19:19:59 GMT

Kind of disturbing when you think of it. Now that you've broken it down like this. Wish there was a way we could win sooner.

Comment #22

Coin Toss — Fri, 17 May 2019 04:44:52 GMT

Bleudog101, billybucks,

I've got to know......

If Worcester is 'woodter' is Dorcester 'dooster

Comment #21

billybucks — Fri, 17 May 2019 01:07:46 GMT

you are sort of in the middle between woburn, worcester, braintee and dorchester. i know holliston well. tough town to drive out of in any direction. now i can go to worcester to cash the next time 11 miles away. it's been a while since i hit those but do not miss a drawing and play 2.00 ones now. 134k after taxes.

Comment #20

Bleudog101 — Thu, 16 May 2019 13:16:09 GMT

At least you don't have to travel to Dorchester to get your Mass Cash winnings anymore.

Too bad they closed the Natick, MA office, that would have been convenient to folks in that part of the state. The six offices aren't remotely close to my hometown of Holliston.

Keep on winning billybucks

Comment #19

kao1632 — Thu, 16 May 2019 08:05:00 GMT

I failed to include he text I was responding to.

MsBee18 asked I wonder how much he'd have if he invested $35 a week in stocks for the last 30 years? A helleva lot more than $56,000.

my reply..

at 2% (after tax) compounding.. about $74k

@ 3% $86.6k

@4% $102k

(checking google.. average stock price increase usa last 30 years )

Over the last 30 years, the average investor saw a return of 3.66%, whereas theS P 500 had an average return of 6.73%

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Comment #18

billybucks — Thu, 16 May 2019 02:15:56 GMT

oops, thought it was an odd reply to another post. i'm wrong again.

Comment #17

paymentplan-man — Wed, 15 May 2019 23:58:20 GMT

Well.....it helps to include the post you are referring to when making a comment(not talking about you...im talking about Kao1632 whole make the comment about the compounding interest) Also I feel that he wasn't being disrespectful but maybe its just me (im tipsy right now anyways) as I side note I just want to wish all those players GL tonight while playing PB.

Comment #16

Nodda4me — Wed, 15 May 2019 23:48:54 GMT

stop being ignorant and read the thread....

he was replying to this post:

I wonder how much he'd have if he invested $35 a week in stocks for the last 30 years? A helleva lot more than $56,000.

be respectful

EDIT: I also found it to be valuable data.

Comment #15

paymentplan-man — Wed, 15 May 2019 23:36:07 GMT

Yeah I'm with you man

Comment #14

billybucks — Wed, 15 May 2019 23:34:52 GMT

huh? what does that have to do with winning a 100k cash 5. state takes 5% govt takes 28%. you get 67k for each 100k you win. i would know since i have won it more than once.

Comment #13

kao1632 — Wed, 15 May 2019 23:27:55 GMT

at 2% (after tax) compounding.. about $74k

@ 3% $86.6k

@4% $102k

(checking google.. average stock price increase usa last 30 years )

Over the last 30 years, the average investor saw a return of 3.66%, whereas theS P 500 had an average return of 6.73%

3.66% is about $96,466

Comment #12

paymentplan-man — Wed, 15 May 2019 23:23:49 GMT

When you scroll down to the last comment and you see Page 1of1 then the left and right arrows to cycle through the pages I just noticed that this looks like a sad face. The arrows are eyes and then there's a curved line that looks like a mouth. Ive been drinking so maybe Im just imagining it. If so disregard my post and keep fighting the good fight( win them dollars

Comment #11

Elizabeth03 — Wed, 15 May 2019 23:16:46 GMT

It is very satisfying when you finally win, the money you want and need to make your life better

Comment #10

Bleudog101 — Wed, 15 May 2019 23:14:02 GMT

Yup, Needham, Massachusetts had a winner 6X on Mass Cash. I believe that translates to around $70K ticket. Not too shabby. Just waiting for me or my Lottery Post whom I sent a Season ticket to get the big winner on that or our MegaBucks Doubler tickets. Sadly this is the last year playing their Subscription service with them privatizing it and sharp increase in cost to out-of-stater players.

Comment #9

paymentplan-man — Wed, 15 May 2019 22:52:33 GMT

Imagine someone who spends $100 a week.....for 30 years, and never wins anything over $100 here and there. They would have spent more than what this guy just recently won.

Comment #8

billybucks — Wed, 15 May 2019 22:42:05 GMT

no reason to stay anonymous for that paltry sum. no one would bother him. a couple of dozen people hit this cash 5 bet every day 365 days a year all around the country and canada. not a remarkable feat by any means. someone in ma hit one 6 times the other night.

Comment #7

noise-gate — Wed, 15 May 2019 21:15:53 GMT

Sounds like he raided his saving account, and this windfall will enable him to put some if not all of it back. I threw in an extra $5 towards our State jackpot. That puppy sits at a drooling $28 mil, before taxes, and you won t hear me complain if l banked those Benjamins.It is the low hanging fruit that can turn out to be the answer. When you wish upon a star..

Comment #6

MsBee18 — Wed, 15 May 2019 17:45:55 GMT

I wonder how much he'd have if he invested $35 a week in stocks for the last 30 years? A helleva lot more than $56,000.

Comment #5

Bleudog101 — Wed, 15 May 2019 15:54:05 GMT

Easy pick as Michigan calls Quick Pick seems to be the way to go. So happy for him

Comment #4

music* — Wed, 15 May 2019 14:36:52 GMT

Congratulations to this lucky winner!

Did Scott Bowen the Michigan Lottery CEO hand him his check?

I would agree with the winner that $167,407.00 comes in handy for paying bills.

Comment #3

TheMeatman2005 — Wed, 15 May 2019 14:05:29 GMT

If he played $35 each week for 30 years, he spent almost $55,000. That's just for this game. I wonder how much he spends on other games like Mega, PB, MI Lotto and scratch offs.

After a win like this and all he has spent, it could be that he just broke even.

Anyway....Nice hit.

Comment #2

jjtheprince14 — Wed, 15 May 2019 13:11:07 GMT

I m glad this guy won, wow 30 years! He s been playing HARD so he deserves it.

Comment #1

hearsetrax — Wed, 15 May 2019 12:28:08 GMT

good for him glad he chose to remain anonymous

Michigan man wins jackpot after following the same lottery routine for 30 years

Lottery Post — Wed, 15 May 2019 12:07:16 GMT

A Michigan man who has stuck to the same lottery-playing routine for the past 30 years had his habits finally pay off when he won a $167,407 jackpot.

I have been buying a seven-draw Fantasy 5 ticket at the same store every Monday for 30 years, said the lucky player, who chose to remain anonymous. When I checked the numbers the morning after the drawing and saw they matched the numbers on my ticket, I was elated.

The 58-year-old player bought his winning ticket at Campbell's Party Store,... [ More ]