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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

Michigan man multiplies winnings to $5 millionNews Story
Winner says he plans on investing the money for his retirement Adding the $1 Megaplier option to a Mega Millions play turned a $1-million prize into $5 million for a Michigan man. David Kalanik of Milford, Michigan, stopped at the City Liquor store on West Eight Mile Road in Farmington Hills to purchase a Mega Millions easy pick with the Megaplier option, according to a news release from the Michigan Lottery. His ticket matched the five white balls drawn April 3 10, 36, 47, 63, and 74 g
Apr 17, 2015, 11:20 am - Lottery News

Man arraigned in lottery winner's deathNews Story
It was a cold case that some said might never be solved: An elderly Detroit man, whose family said he'd won $20,000 in a lottery game, was found frozen rock-solid in a vacant house after going missing Dec. 20. But Detroit police made an arrest just days after finding the body Sunday, Feb. 1, of 86-year-old Arthur Weldon Neal, covered up in the basement of a derelict home in the 15800 block of Mansfield near Fenkell and the Southfield Freeway, in northwest Detroit. Quanzell Alonzo Hood, 20,
Feb 10, 2015, 9:53 am - Lottery News