May has truly been the month for winners: 17 lucky Tax Free Raffle players walked away with $40,000 each; four Lottery players with match-5 Powerball tickets were made instant millionaires; another four match-5 Mega Millions winners each won $250,000; and two players have claimed the top prize on Cash for Life Instant tickets!

Looks like players could be in for one sizzling hot summer of winning with a spring like this!

Admiral Petroleum #115, located at 702 S. Cochran Ave. in Charlotte sold a winning ticket for the $5 Cash for Life ticket (IG# 646). The winning $5 Cash for Life ticket entitles the winner to $2,000 a week for life or a one-time cash payment option of $2,214,211 (less applicable taxes). An anonymous winner chose the one-time cash payment for the prize, which was claimed at Lottery Headquarters on May 28.

On May 2, a winner who wishes to remain anonymous claimed $800 a week for life from the $2 Cash for Life ticket (IG# 645). The first annuity payment of $41,600 (less applicable taxes) was presented to this lucky Lottery player, who purchased the winning ticket at Harper Creek Shell, located 7586 B Dr. North in Battle Creek.

The Cash for Life family of games was reintroduced to Michigan Lottery players on April 2 with more top prizes at each level.

• The $1 ticket offers four top prizes of $400 a week for life, none of which have been claimed yet;
• The $2 game, which originally had four top prizes of $800 a week for life, has three top prizes still unclaimed after the May 2 win.
• There are two remaining top prizes of $2,000 a week for life on the $5 Instant after the Charlotte win.
• At the $10 price point, the Cash for Life ticket can make three lucky winners very rich with a grand prize of $4,000 a week for life. This total of three top prizes is holding strong as no one has claimed a winning ticket yet!