A 45-year old waitress from Owosso has decided to take a week off work. She can afford to; she won the Fantasy 5 drawing on August 6 for $200,180!
The mother of four and her husband, who wish to remain anonymous, now have the opportunity to do something they have dreamed of for the past seven years. “Seven years ago we lost our house to foreclosure,” said the winner’s husband. “We moved into the place we live now because it was convenient, but we really want a house again,” said the lucky winner.
The player discovered she had won when her husband checked the numbers on his phone, and then held the phone and the ticket to her face and shouted “Look at this!” His next words to his winning wife were “Sign the ticket!”
“But I couldn’t sign the ticket,” she says, “because by then I was crying with happiness.”
Contact: Andi Brancato, PR Director 517-335-5648
Agency: Michigan Lottery Public Relations
The winning ticket was sold at Shell Food Mart located at 109 Corunna Ave. in Owosso.
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 2011, the contribution to schools was over $727.3 million. Since its inception in 1972, the Lottery has contributed over $16 billion to education in Michigan.
For information on all Lottery games, please visit the Lottery’s Web site at www.michiganlottery.com.
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Contact: Andi Brancato, PR Director 517-335-5648
Agency: Michigan Lottery Public Relations
