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Michigan man wins $100K playing lottery onlineNews Story
Patrick Rudolph was sitting at home playing online lottery games when he nearly missed that he'd won a huge prize. I was playing the game on my computer and almost missed that I'd won, Rudolph said. After the game finished, a pop-up message told me I'd won big and that's when my heart started racing. I've never felt my heart beat so fast! Rudolph won $100,000 playing the Michigan Lottery's Cash Buster Extreme game one of dozens of games available to play online. Playing Lottery games
May 1, 2018, 9:47 am - Lottery News

Michigan woman buys entire bar drinks after lottery winNews Story
A Michigan woman bought a round for everyone in a Michigan bar after realizing she won a $189,912 prize from the Michigan Lottery. Mardi Swiss, of Utica, won playing Club Keno The Jack when she matched eight of the 20 Club Keno numbers drawn on Tuesday, April 10. She bought her winning ticket at Steiny's Tavern, 55161 Shelby Road in Shelby Township, and promptly bought a round for everyone in the bar and picked up the tab for her friend's dinners. I was eating dinner with some friends,
Apr 13, 2018, 8:53 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner says she dreamed about Fantasy 5 jackpot win the night beforeNews Story
For a Michigan woman, her dreams really do come true. The 56-year-old woman told lottery officials that her motivation to play Fantasy 5 on Apr. 8 came from a dream she had the night before where she won the jackpot. I woke up Sunday morning after having a dream about winning a Fantasy 5 jackpot, said the player, who chose to remain anonymous. I got dressed, got in my car, and drove to my favorite store to buy a couple tickets. After stopping at the Moravian Liquor Shoppe, located at
Apr 10, 2018, 8:39 pm - Lottery News

Woman nearly throws away $2M lottery ticketNews Story
A Michigan woman nearly threw away a $2 million winning instant game lottery ticket she received for her birthday. It was the best birthday gift of her life, she just didn't know it. Lucky for her, her husband wouldn't let her throw it away without double-checking it first. The husband and wife claimed the lucky prize this week in Lansing but stayed anonymous. The man said he likes to give her lottery tickets for her birthday and picked up some at Kassa's Market in Harrison Township. Sh
Apr 6, 2018, 8:21 am - Lottery News

$1.9M lottery win erases doubts for Michigan manNews Story
Eric Hartman, 33, of Dexter, Michigan, didn't think actual real people won the lottery. It always seemed like something that happened to people he never really met. That all changed earlier this month after he matched all six Lotto 47 numbers drawn on Mar. 14 3, 14, 29, 34, 40, and 47 to win a $1.9 million jackpot. Up until about 12 days ago, I didn't think anyone won the Lottery, said Hartman. I thought it was all a conspiracy, but I have a much different outlook now. I have been buy
Mar 27, 2018, 1:50 pm - Lottery News

Gaming the lottery was this couple's retirement planNews Story
Gerald Selbee broke the code of the American breakfast cereal industry because he was bored at work one day, because it was a fun mental challenge, because most things at his job were not fun and because he could because he happened to be the kind of person who saw puzzles all around him, puzzles that other people don't realize are puzzles: the little ciphers and patterns that float through the world and stick to the surfaces of everyday things. This was back in 1966, when Jerry, as he is kno
Mar 1, 2018, 6:10 pm - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery's gamble on new website doesn't pay off on first tryNews Story
The Michigan Lottery launched a refreshed website Wednesday morning, but it didn't go as planned. Users of the new MichiganLottery.com experienced slowdowns after the change-over from the old site, lottery spokesman Jeff Holyfield said. We were getting calls, emails... from players saying the website wasn't responding well, he said. The project team took down the site for a couple minutes and tried to fix the issue, but it didn't immediately work. It then reverted to the old site so pl
Jan 18, 2018, 10:17 am - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery retailer sells two jackpot-winning tickets on same dayNews Story
You might want to visit this lucky Meijer store in Holland, Michigan. The store at 3320 West Shore Drive sold two jackpot-winning lottery tickets on Saturday worth a combined $2.4 million, according to the Michigan Lottery. A Lotto 47 ticket purchased at the store Saturday matched the numbers drawn that evening 1, 12, 15, 29, 41, and 44 winning the ticket-holder a $2 million jackpot. The player, who chose to remain anonymous when they claimed the prize this week, opted for the one-time lum
Dec 15, 2017, 9:52 am - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery cracks down on retailers who cheat customersNews Story
When a customer brought a Keno ticket to Nick's Party Stop in Clinton Township, retailer Don Kallo ran the ticket through his lottery terminal, declared it a loser and tore it in half. Kallo, the spouse of store operator Linda Kallo, then took the torn ticket a $2,517 winner to the Michigan Lottery Bureau to redeem it. Suspicious lottery officials investigated and learned Kallo hadn't purchased the ticket, as he claimed, records show. It was determined the ticket had been purchased by
Nov 17, 2017, 2:23 pm - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery draws 0-0-0-0 for first time, thousands winNews Story
By Todd Northrop After more than 18,000 drawings of the Michigan Lottery's Daily 4 game, the elusive 0-0-0-0 quad combination has finally been drawn, paying out millions of dollars in prize money. More than 1,000 Michigan Lottery players were big winners when Sunday night's Daily 4 winning numbers were 0-0-0-0. The Michigan Lottery says a total of 1,079 lucky players won $5,000 apiece for matching the 0-0-0-0 straight in Sunday evening's drawing. It was the first time 0-0-0-0 has been d
Sep 19, 2017, 9:02 am - Lottery News