WYANDOTTE, Mich. – A Wyandotte woman used artificial intelligence to pick her Michigan Lottery numbers and ended up winning a $100,000 prize.
Tammy Carvey, 45, matched four white balls and the Powerball, 11-23-44-61-62 PB: 17 in the drawing on Sept. 6 to win $50,000. That prize was multiplied to $100,000 due to the Power Play.
“I only play Powerball when the jackpot gets up there and the jackpot was over $1 billion so I bought a ticket,” said Carvey. “I asked ChatGPT for a set of Powerball numbers and those are the numbers I played on my ticket.”
When Carvey noticed that she matched four white balls and the Powerball, she knew she must have won something.
“Google told me it was a $50,000 prize, so that’s what I thought I’d won. It wasn’t until I logged into my Michigan Lottery account that I realized I added the Power Play to my ticket and actually won $100,000! My husband and I were in total disbelief.”
Carvey purchased her ticket on the Michigan Lottery website.
She plans to pay off her house with her prize money and then save the rest.
Powerball plays are $2 each, and Power Plays, which multiply non-jackpot prizes by up to 10 times (up to $2 million) can be added for $1.
Drawings happen at 10:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.