Player’s Club is making a Splash!

Posted on August 14, 2012 by milottery

Avalanche Bay WaterparkThe Michigan Lottery Player’s Club is giving away an exciting, fun-filled weekend for four to Michigan’s BIGGEST indoor waterpark!  The winner of this giveaway will receive the following:

  • A two night stay for four in the Clock Tower room at Avalanche Bay Indoor Water Park in Boyne Falls, MI
  • Splash Package – which allows winner admittance into Avalanche Bay Indoor Water Park for the entire weekend stay
  • $100 AMEX “Fill it Up” gas card
  • $700 spending money

For a chance to win this wet and wild weekend, Player’s Club members can visit the Rewards Catalog at www.MichiganLottery.com and redeem 100 Reward Points for each entry. Player’s Club members may enter as many times as their accumulated Reward Points will allow. Entries accepted beginning August 3, 2012 and closing on January 4, 2013.  The drawing will be conducted on January 9, 2013.

All Michigan Lottery players are invited to join the Player’s Club, at no charge, at www.michiganlottery.com. Register today and get in on this great promotion and so much more!

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. 

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

Contact:  Andi Brancato, PR Director  517-335-5648
Agency:  Michigan Lottery Public Relations

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Detroit man is latest Powerball millionaire!

Posted on August 13, 2012 by milottery

Michigan Lottery PowerballLonnie Griffin, an electrician’s apprentice from Detroit, walked into a store to check on the Daily 4 number. He ended up speechless when he saw that he had matched the five white ball numbers in the August 8, Powerball drawing!

“I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “I got the numbers on a piece of paper and went out to my car to check them again.” The lucky winner tried to contact his mother and sister, but could only reach his step-father, so he shared the good news. However, Griffin was mistaken about his win. He believed he had won $100,000, until family members called him back to tell him the prize was $1,000,000!  

“He was so calm when we told him he had won $1,000,000 that I asked him what was wrong,” said his sister.

Griffin plans to invest most of the money, but will also pay off some debts and take a trip with his girlfriend.

The winning ticket was sold at 7-Eleven #29008 at 8834 Telegraph Rd. in Redford.

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. 

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

Contact:  Andi Brancato, PR Director  517-335-5648
Agency:  Michigan Lottery Public Relations

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Waitress wins Fantasy 5 for $200,180!

Posted on August 9, 2012 by milottery

Fantasy 5A 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. 

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

Contact:  Andi Brancato, PR Director  517-335-5648
Agency:  Michigan Lottery Public Relations

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Player picks new game and wins $3,346,342!

Posted on August 9, 2012 by milottery

Classic Lotto 47The 64-year old player from Plymouth said that Keno! is his favorite game. However, on July 28 when he went to play the Lottery, he told the clerk, “Just give me whatever is being drawn tonight.” Since it was Saturday, Powerball and Classic Lotto 47 would be drawn. The player bought a Classic Lotto 47 ticket for $1.

The next day, friends told the player, who wishes to remain anonymous, that the place where he bought his ticket had a winner. He got a Sunday paper so he could see the numbers for himself, and discovered that he was the lucky winner of $3,346,342! 

When the winner told his girlfriend that he had won, she was sure it wasn’t true so she went to check the numbers on the computer. He also told some friends he had won, but they didn’t believe him either. “I’m kind of a jokester,” he said. “I’ve told people before that I won when I didn’t. Now they don’t believe me, but they will,” he said with a laugh.

The lucky player wants to use some of his winnings to give gifts to his siblings. Although, he doesn’t plan to buy a new house or car, he intends to take his friends out for a nice dinner and try to convince them that he is now a millionaire!

When asked by Lottery staff how he felt about winning more than $3 million, the player replied, “I’m a pretty low maintenance guy, so it’s a little surreal, especially since I only spent $1.”

The winning ticket was sold at Schulz’ Cap N’ Cork at 40644 Five Mile Rd. in Plymouth.

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. 

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

Contact:  Andi Brancato, PR Director  517-335-5648
Agency:  Michigan Lottery Public Relations

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‘Mum’s the word’ for Fantasy 5 player who won $110,000!

Posted on August 2, 2012 by milottery

Fantasy 5A housewife from Inkster was watching the nightly Lottery drawing on TV when her numbers came up. She knew immediately that she was a winner because she memorized her numbers five years ago when she first began playing Fantasy 5.

The lucky player, who wishes to remain anonymous, has not told anyone about winning the $110,000 Fantasy 5 jackpot drawn on July 24 except her financial planner. “I’m not telling family, they talk too much!” she stated.

She hasn’t decided yet what she will do with the bulk of her money. “I will use it to pay some debts and put the rest in the bank,” she said.

The winning ticket was sold at Andrews Liquor located at 29444 Cherry Hill Rd. in Garden City.

This player is the second Fantasy 5 winner from Inkster in the past two months. In the month of July a total of 9 players won more than $1.5 million playing Fantasy 5!

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. 

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

Contact:  Andi Brancato, PR Director  517-335-5648
Agency:  Michigan Lottery Public Relations

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