LANSING, July 27, 1999 – The Michigan Lottery paid out over $3.5 million on a game this week, and it wasn’t Michigan Lotto! The lucky game for Michigan Lottery players was the Daily 4, with the seventh-highest percentage payout in Daily 4 Game history.
On Monday, July 26, the number 1-1-1-0 was drawn in the Daily Game evening drawing, with 2,033 winning tickets splitting a $3,761,875 prize pool. That amounts to a payout of 708.1 percent of sales for that drawing – the seventh-highest in Daily 4 Game history. The number-one percentage payout in the Daily 4 game is for the number 1-0-2-8, which was drawn May 14, 1993 and had a payout of $15,096,996 or 2,227.1 percent of sales.
"What an exciting day for Michigan Lottery players," said Lottery Commissioner Don Gilmer. "The activity at our regional offices has increased dramatically as Daily 4 player all across the state are stopping in to collect their winnings."
The top five percentage payouts in the Daily 4 game are:
| 4-Digit # | Liability | Draw Date (mid-day or evening) | % Payout |
| 1-0-2-8 | $15,096,996 | May 14, 1993 evening | 2,227.1% |
| 1-0-1-0 | $10,226,168 | March 21, 1998 evening | 1,514.1% |
| 1-0-2-8 | $6,207,568 | December 27, 1990 evening | 1,117.0% |
| 1-0-1-0 | $5,752,141 | August 3, 1998 evening | 965.8% |
| 1-0-2-1 | $2,510,496 | June 27, 1998 mid-day | 930.4% |
Drawings for the Daily 3 and Daily 4 games are conducted at 12:59 p.m. and 7:28 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The prize for a straight $1 bet in the Daily 4 game is $5,000.
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