Members of an Ottawa County lottery club said winning $25,000 a year for life playing Lucky For Life still feels unreal months after winning.

The three-person Lake Life lottery club won the big prize when their Lucky For Life ticket matched the five white balls drawn on July 20: 12-27-31-39-46. A club member bought the winning ticket online at MichiganLottery.com.

“Our club started buying tickets online so that we wouldn’t have to worry about forgetting to check them or the possibility of losing one,” said the club’s representative, Leah Johnson. “One of our members saw an email about claiming a prize, so they checked their Lottery account to see what we’d won.

“When they realized it was $25,000 a year for life, they called both of us to tell us how much we’d won! We had a hard time believing it at first, and it still doesn’t seem real even though it has been a few months!”

The club visited Lottery headquarters recently to claim their prize. They received their winnings as a one-time lump sum payment of $390,000. With their winnings, they plan to take a trip and then save the remainder.

For just $2 per play, Lucky For Life gives Lottery players a chance to win prizes ranging from $3 to a lifetime of cash. To win the game’s top prize of $1,000 a day for life, players must match all five winning numbers ranging from 1 to 48, plus one Lucky Ball ranging from 1 to 18. Players who match all five winning numbers, but not the Lucky Ball, will win $25,000 a year for life. Drawings take place at 10:38 p.m. seven days-a-week. Tickets may be purchased at Lottery retailers across the state and online at MichiganLottery.com.