LANSING, April 25, 2006 – A very lucky Ray woman is $35,000 richer after she matched 10 words on a Cashword Instant ticket.

The lucky winner, who chose to remain anonymous, said she was very excited to win and has no immediate plans for the prize money.

The lucky winning ticket was purchased at Washington Mobile, 64111 Van Dyke Rd., in Washington.

Cashword is just one of many Michigan Lottery Instant tickets available at more than 10,000 Lottery retailers statewide.

All proceeds from the Lottery are contributed to the state School Aid Fund which supports kindergarten through 12th grade public education in Michigan.  In fiscal year 2005, the contribution was $667.6 million.

For additional information, please visit the Lottery’s Web site at https://www.michiganlottery.com/.

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