LANSING, December 22, 2008 – Christen Sherwood of Lansing won big in Club Keno! The long-time Lottery player placed a $2 wager on a 9-spot game and matched eight of nine numbers. She also played the Kicker, which came up as a 10x multiplier. Her normal pay out of $4,000 was “kicked up” to a whopping $40,000. On one other draw, she matched four of nine numbers and with a 2x kicker won $8, bringing her total winnings for the evening to $40,008.

Sherwood put the winning ticket in her daughter’s safe prior to cashing it at the Lottery’s Lansing office. She plans to use the prize money for her retirement.

The lucky winning own-pick ticket was purchased at Sammys Restaurant/Lounge, 301 E. Jolly Rd., in Lansing.

Club Keno offers 37 different ways to play and win. Players can wager $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $10 or $20 per drawing and tickets can be purchased for up to 20 drawings at a time. Players win Club Keno by matching some or all of the numbers they have selected to the numbers drawn. The more numbers matched, the more the player wins. The Kicker option allows players to multiply their winnings by up to 10 times!

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 2008, the contribution to schools was $740.7 million. Since its inception in 1972, the Lottery has contributed more than $15 billion to education in Michigan.

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

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