LANSING, February 4, 2011 – Ricky Rice matched all five numbers on the February 1 Fantasy 5 drawing to win a $125,804 prize!

The Kinde man received a phone call on Wednesday morning from the owner of CJs Party Store, the retailer who sold the winning ticket.

“She said that they had sold a winning Fantasy 5 ticket and asked if I had purchased my tickets,” said Rice. “I had her read the winning numbers to me and couldn’t believe it when the numbers she read off matched all my numbers.”

Rice plans to use his Fantasy prize to pay for a fantasy car. Three months ago he ordered a brand new Chevy Camero convertible.

The winning easy-pick ticket was purchased at CJ’s Party Shore of Kinde, 261 Main St., in Kinde.

Over 94 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 2010, the contribution to schools was $701.3 million. Since its inception in 1972, the Lottery has contributed more than $15 billion to education in Michigan.

For information on all Lottery games, please visit the Lottery’s Web site at   www.michiganlottery.com.

“The Michigan Lottery. All across the state good things happen.”

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