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$11.7 million Michigan Lotto 47 jackpot is largest in more than 2 yearsNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Michigan Lottery's Lotto 47 jackpot hasn't been won in more than five months and has reached an extraordinary $11.7 million for the drawing on Saturday. The last time a player in Michigan won the jackpot was in February when a $2.5 million jackpot winner was bought at the Uptown Bar, located at 8 West Front Street in Monroe. The Lotto 47 jackpot hasn't been this large since Feb. 18, 2017, when a $22.55 million was won after more than 7 months of rollovers. The curre
Jul 11, 2019, 11:06 am - Lottery News

Longtime friends split $20 lottery ticket, win $1 million prizeNews Story
Two longtime friends decided that sharing a lottery ticket would improve their luck and they were right. Robert Sopsich, 30, of Hartland, and Dillan Dybilas, 20, of Ubly, were having no luck playing Michigan Lottery instant games on their own so they decided to split a $20 Millionaire Maker ticket and agreed to split the winnings. The lucky duo ended up splitting way more than they could have imagined as they won a $1 million prize. We'd each been buying tickets but hadn't won much, so
Jul 3, 2019, 2:33 pm - Lottery News

Man who won millions from lottery during divorce case must shareNews Story
A suburban Detroit man who was in the middle of a divorce when he won more than $30 million must share the lottery windfall with his ex-wife. The Michigan appeals court says a marriage isn't over until it's over. It means Mary Beth Zelasko can keep $15 million awarded by an arbitrator, although she and Rich Zelasko had been separated for two years when he bought the Mega Millions ticket in 2013. Their divorce wasn't final until 2018. In a court filing, an attorney for Rich Zelasko said, Ri
Jun 20, 2019, 7:14 am - Lottery News

Michigan man wins jackpot after following the same lottery routine for 30 yearsNews Story
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,
May 15, 2019, 8:07 am - Lottery News

Man rescues lotto ticket from garbage, wins $25,000 a year for lifeNews Story
A Michigan man will be making $25,000 a year for life after rescuing his lotto ticket from the garbage. Jeff Heinig rescued his Lucky for Life ticket from the trash after he initially tossed it thinking it was worthless. Heinig, who is from the town of Harrison, purchased the ticket last Wednesday. He told the state's lotto officials that he got his dates mixed up and checked the website before the drawing had even happened. I was back on the website Friday, and the Lucky For Life
Apr 12, 2019, 11:55 am - Lottery News

Michigan woman dreamed of $4M lottery win — then it happenedNews Story
A Wayne County, Michigan, woman had a dream that she won $4 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket. Four months later, it really happened. The 28-year-old woman, who chose to remain anonymous, told the Michigan Lottery that after having her dream, she started buying $30 instant tickets. Recently, she purchased a Millionaire's Club ticket and revealed a win symbol. When I scratched off the prize and saw '4MIL,' I couldn't stop shaking and crying, she told the Michigan Lottery. I call
Mar 11, 2019, 11:58 am - Lottery News

Michigan woman wins 3 large Keno prizes on same dayNews Story
Talk about a lucky day. A Lansing woman recently won three big Michigan Lottery prizes on the same day and one of them was worth $250,000. The 42-year-old woman, who chose to remain anonymous, won the three Keno prizes on three different tickets for the same drawing. On one ticket, she matched 10 of the 22 numbers drawn Feb. 5 to win a $250,000 prize. Her winning numbers were: 7, 11, 40, 66, 71, 74, 76, 78, 79, and 80. The numbers she selected were a combination of birthdays and ran
Feb 14, 2019, 8:49 am - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery adds Double Play 2nd-chance option for Fantasy 5, Lotto 47News Story
So you didn't hit the jackpot on Fantasy 5 or Lotto 47? A new option being offered by the Michigan Lottery is giving players a second chance to win big and doubles non-jackpot prizes. The lottery's new Double Play option, which costs $1 more per panel per draw, begins Sunday at Michigan lottery retailers. Here's how the add-on game works: Double Play drawings will take place after each Lotto 47 and Fantasy 5 drawing. Another set of winning numbers will be drawn from the pool for each
Jan 19, 2019, 6:55 am - Lottery News

85-year-old claims Lucky for Life lottery prize with hours to spareNews Story
Eighty-five-year-old Bob Hissom bought a winning lottery ticket Jan. 1 of last year and just cashed it in this week right before it expired. I hold onto everything, I don't throw anything away, said Hissom. Thank goodness he did, because now he's now $400,000 richer. I didn't really think so until they handed us the check today, he said. I said something is going to go wrong. It started last year on January 1st when he bought Lotto tickets like he does every week at the Picnic Ba
Jan 3, 2019, 9:34 am - Lottery News

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