LANSING, June 18, 2009 – Norbert Hill of Chatham was the lucky winner of a $300,000 top prize on the Lottery’s Tripling Red Hot Cashword Instant ticket!

Hill hid the winning ticket in various spots around his house before cashing it at Lottery Central in Lansing. The avid outdoorsman plans to pay off debt and buy his mom a house with the prize money.

The lucky ticket was purchased at the Trenary Mini Mart, N1090 US 41 & M 67, in Trenary.

Tripling Red Hot Cashword 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 2008, the contribution to schools was over $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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