A Huron County lottery club will go down in history after winning $8 million playing the $8,000,000 Payout instant game which was purchased as a Father’s Day gift. The prize is the largest ever won on an instant game in Michigan.

“Our family often buys lottery tickets for holidays and special occasions, so my brother and I bought our dad a $8,000,000 Payout ticket for Father’s Day,” said a club member. “Our dad scratched the ticket and then handed it to us to check when he saw he’d won $8 million.

“We looked it over and then I scanned it to confirm what we were seeing. It was unbelievable when we found out it really was an $8 million winner! We talked it over and decided to split the prize equally among the three of us.”

The three-member Lucky Dogz lottery club bought their winning ticket at Caseville One Stop Shop, located at 7095 Port Austin Road in Caseville. They recently visited Lottery headquarters to claim the big prize. They chose to receive the prize as a one-time lump sum payment of about $5.5 million rather than annuity payments for the full amount. The club members plan to save their winnings.

Players have won more than $79 million playing $8,000,000 Payout, which launched in March. Each $50 ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from $50 up to $8 million. More than $234 million in prizes remain, including two $8 million top prizes, 63 $10,000 prizes, and 1,535 $1,000 prizes.

In 2025, Lottery players won more than $1.7 billion playing instant games.

Lottery instant games may be purchased at retailers across the state.