FILE - The awnings of a store advertise the sale of lottery tickets, including Mega Millions, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in New York. The Mega Millions prize has grown to an estimated $1.05 billion for the Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, drawing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) (Seth Wenig, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
Someone in Michigan is $1 million richer this week (before taxes, of course).
A winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold in Tuesday’s drawing at Y&K Party Store in Kentwood, Michigan, on Sept. 3, 2024.
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The jackpot for the Tuesday drawing was nearly $700 million, and nobody won it.
Since the Mega Millions jackpot run began June 7, Michigan Lottery players have won more than $2.3 million in prizes, according to the Michigan Lottery.
The Mega Millions jackpot was last won in Michigan in January 2021 by an Oakland County lottery club. The club won a $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot. That jackpot was the largest ever won in Michigan.
Ken Haddad has been with Local 4/ClickOnDetroit since 2013. He helps lead news coverage and content across broadcast and digital platforms. He's from the Metro Detroit area, and loves covering important news (and sports) in his hometown.