LANSING, April 28, 2008 – Sandra Crocker is a very lucky Big Money Bingo instant player! She scratched her way to a second-tier $10,000 prize!

The West Bloomfield woman is a regular Lottery player who told Lottery officials she was “in shock” with her big win.

The winning ticket was purchased at CVS/Pharmacy, 100 E. West Maple Rd., in Walled Lake.

Big Money Bingo is just one of many Michigan Lottery instant tickets available at nearly 11,000 Lottery retailers statewide.

Over 95 cents of every dollar spent on Lottery tickets is returned to the state in the form of contributions to the state School Aid Fund, prizes to players and commissions to retailers. In fiscal year 2007, the contribution to schools was $748.9 million. Since its inception in 1972, the Lottery has contributed more than $14.3 billion to education in Michigan.

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