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$1,000-a-month lifetime lottery ticket auctioned for $40,000News Story
An online auction for a lottery ticket that pays $1,000 a month for the rest of a 73-year-old Kalamazoo man's life went into overtime on Thursday, Jan. 7, ending with a winning bid of more than $40,000. The auction was held on behalf of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to pay off the debts of Donald Magett, a former Kalamazoo police officer and owner of a security firm who bought a Michigan Lottery ticket that pays $1,000-a-month in February, 1984. The winning bidder, whose offer of $40,026 will
Jan 8, 2016, 9:11 am - Lottery News

Michigan woman instantly quit job after winning $310M Powerball jackpotNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop A Michigan woman found out she was the winner of the $310 million Powerball jackpot while sitting in the drive-thru at McDonald's. Julie Leach, 50, of Three Rivers, Michigan, was introduced as the big winner during a press conference on Tuesday held by the Michigan Lottery. Leach was a supervisor at Aquatic Bathware, a Michigan fiberglass factory, where she has worked for the past 23 years. Leach learned she was the big winner while she was at
Oct 6, 2015, 1:03 pm - Lottery News

Winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $310 million sold in MichiganNews Story
By Todd Northrop One lucky Michigan lottery player in possession of a Powerball ticket containing the numbers 21, 39, 40, 55, and 59, with Powerball number 17, just became a whole lot richer. After all the proceeds were tallied Wednesday night, the Powerball jackpot stood at $310.5 million. It was the second-largest Powerball jackpot prize offered this year. The winning ticket was sold at a Shell gas station in Three Rivers, Michigan. Customers and employees were at the gas station last
Oct 1, 2015, 8:03 am - Lottery News

$1M lottery ticket found in Michigan woman's old mailNews Story
A Kentwood, Michigan, woman is $1 million richer after finding a winning Mega Millions ticket in a pile of old mail. During a recent visit to the store, the clerk told Tuttle someone had won $1 million with a ticket that had been purchased at the store. Tuttle then went home to check a pile of some old mail where she found the ticket, learning she was the big winner, according to the Michigan State Lottery. Linda Tuttle matched the first five winning numbers in the May 26 Mega Millions
Sep 25, 2015, 10:01 am - Lottery News

Michigan Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million goes unclaimedNews Story
Prize money goes to state school aid fund A winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Michigan expired Wednesday and the $1 million prize went to the state School Aid Fund. The ticket, which expired at 4:45 p.m., was sold in Grand Rapids at the CVS Pharmacy, located at 727 28th Street Southeast in Grand Rapids. The winner matched the first five numbers drawn 25, 28, 36, 45, and 53 in the Aug. 5, 2014 drawing. Mega Millions tickets are valid for one year from the date of the drawing. It wa
Aug 6, 2015, 8:41 am - Lottery News

Michigan lottery winner gives store clerk his carNews Story
Generous winner remains anonymous Paying it forward is the plan for a loyal Michigan Lottery player from Otsego County who won a $13.1 million Lotto 47 jackpot. The man, who chose to remain anonymous, matched the numbers drawn in Wednesday night's Lotto 47 drawing 1, 6, 25, 32, 34, and 41 to win the $13.1 million jackpot. The prize is the fourth largest Lotto 47 jackpot ever won. He bought his winning ticket at DerMiner's Parkside Market, located at 7131 Old Highway 27 South in Gaylord.
Jul 30, 2015, 11:33 am - Lottery News

$1M Mega Millions prize sold in Michigan to expire soonNews Story
Just two weeks remain for the lucky Michigan winner of a $1 million Mega Millions prize to come forward and claim the big prize. It has been 11 months since one lucky ticket matched the first five numbers 25, 28, 36, 45, and 53 in the Aug. 5, 2014 Mega Millions drawing to win $1 million. The Lottery has yet to hear from the lucky winner. The winning ticket was purchased at the CVS Pharmacy, located at 727 28th Street Southeast in Grand Rapids. Tickets for Mega Millions are valid for one
Jul 22, 2015, 4:02 pm - Lottery News

Michigan woman nearly throws away $100,000 winning lottery ticketNews Story
Astute clerk steps in to save woman throwing out ticket An aware store clerk saved an Oakland County, Michigan, woman from throwing away a $100,000 winning lottery game ticket. Melissa Dean said she bought two Triple Your Luck tickets at the Smokers Express on West Pontiac Trail in Novi. She won $15 on one of the tickets, but she didn't think the other ticket was a winner, according to a news release from the Michigan Lottery. I scratched the ticket and didn't think it was a winner, so
Jul 8, 2015, 9:23 am - Lottery News

Defiant scratch game purchase yields $1 million prizeNews Story
He scratched his ticket in the bathroom to keep his girlfriend from knowing what he'd done. Her request that he restrain himself from another lottery ticket purchase went ignored. But when the scratching was finished, the guilty act of secrecy turned to a brilliant stroke of luck. The Livonia man, whose identity hasn't been revealed because he requested anonymity, scratched until he found a match for one of his winning numbers: 27. Printed underneath the match: 1Mil. I scratched
Jun 4, 2015, 12:26 pm - Lottery News

Michigan lottery winners could remain anonymous under House billNews Story
You've heard the touching stories: a waitress, retiree or unemployed worker hits the jackpot and wins the state lottery. Under a bill approved by the Michigan House Regulatory Reform committee on a 13-2 vote Wednesday, those stories would probably disappear because all lottery winners would be able to remain anonymous. The bill would prohibit the state lottery office from disclosing information about an individual who won any lottery prize unless that winner authorizes the release of infor
May 14, 2015, 8:12 am - Lottery News