LANSING, July 20, 2007 – The Alpha Dog Lottery club was happy when the Mega Millions ticket they purchased turned out to be a huge winner!

They matched the first five ball numbers, without matching the Mega ball, in the July 13 drawing to win the second-tier $250,000 prize.  The club also matched one white ball number and the gold Mega ball number to bump their prize up $3 to a whopping $250,003!

The winning easy pick ticket was purchased at Middletown Market Inc., 5580 E. Grand River Ave., in Howell.

Mega Millions is a multi-state lottery game in Michigan, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.  Wagers cost $1 each and tickets may be purchased at nearly 11,000 Michigan 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 2006, the contribution was $688 million.

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

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