LOTTERY

Governor Whitmer joined the Michigan Lottery to announce its $1.25 billion contribution to the School Aid Fund in fiscal year 2022.

LANSING, MI -- The Michigan School Aid Fund received a contribution of $1.25 billion from the Michigan Lottery for fiscal year 2022, Lottery officials announced Thursday.m“The Michigan Lottery’s contributions to our schools over the last 50 years have helped students across the state succeed,” said Governor Gretchen Whitmer. “Lottery games provide Michiganders with a chance to win life-changing prizes and their purchases support local businesses and public education programs in their communities. The Lottery says it has added more than $5 billion to the fund in the last four years. “During the course of its 50-year history, the Lottery has raised more than $27 billion for public education in Michigan,” said Lottery Commissioner, Brian O. Neill. For the latest on Michigan Lottery, check out the official Michigan Lottery site, which also offers more information on instant tickets, raffles and other lottery games.

A retired Grand Rapids man was “floored” when he realized he won big playing Lucky For Life.

A Bay County man and his wife started “shouting with excitement” when they discovered they won $500,000 on a scratch-off lottery ticket.

Two people in Michigan each won $1 million in Monday night’s Powerball drawing.

An Oakland County woman won $1 million on a $10 Double Diamond scratch-off ticket she purchased in Southfield.

Did you buy a Lucky For Life ticket in Charlotte? You better check your ticket because somebody won $25,000 a year for life in Friday’s drawing.

An Oakland County lottery club won a $3.73 million lottery prize from Michigan Lottery’s Lotto 47 game.

A Montcalm County man won two $110,000 Fantasy 5 Double Play prizes.

Here are the winning Mega Millions numbers for Jan. 13, 2023.

The Mega Millions jackpot has hit $1.35 before Friday’s drawing and experts warn scammers are trying to take advantage of the large prize.

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s drawing stands at $1.3 billion, the second largest in Mega Millions history.

But even if you cut your winnings in half you’d have around $354 million, which is nothing to sneeze at.

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s drawing stands at $1.3 billion, the second largest in Mega Millions history.

Winning the lottery is actually a curse? It has been the case for many winners.

There have been six Mega Millions jackpots won on a Friday the 13th and four of those were won in Michigan. None of them have been as big as this prize though.

Another drawing with no winners Tuesday night means the Mega Millions jackpot is getting even bigger.

Here are the winning Mega Millions numbers for Jan. 10, 2023.

The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing stands at $1.1 billion, and is the third largest Mega Millions jackpot in U.S. Lottery history!

The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing stands at $1.1 billion, and is the third largest jackpot in U.S. Lottery history!

The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $1.1 billion ahead of Tuesday night’s drawing.

The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing stands at $1.1 billion, and is the third largest jackpot in U.S. Lottery history!

The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed all the way to $1.1 billion.

What to know for the 6th largest jackpot available for grabs Friday night in the Mega Millions.

The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $940 million ahead of Friday night’s drawing.

Call it the Golden Age of lottery jackpots.

The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $940 million after another drawing resulted in plenty of losers but not a single grand prize winner.

An estimated $785 million Mega Millions jackpot will give lottery players a chance to start the new year with a lucrative bang.

LANSING, MI -- A Macomb County man who has played the Lottery for years finally got the win of a lifetime after he won a $569,366 Fantasy 5 jackpot earlier this year. “I have been playing the Lottery for a long time and I mostly play Fantasy 5,” said the 86-year-old winner who chose to remain anonymous. All I could think was: ‘This can’t be right!’“My son happened to call me a few minutes later, and I couldn’t get out the words to tell him I’d won the Lottery because I was in such disbelief. For the latest on Michigan Lottery, check out the official Michigan Lottery site, which also offers more information on instant tickets, raffles and other lottery games. The last players from Michigan to win a Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot is the Wolverine FLL lottery club which claimed a $1.05 billion jackpot in March 2021.

A 64-year-old man from Oakland County won $2 million on Thanksgiving Day by playing Michigan Lottery’s Magnificent 7s instant game.

A St. Clair Shores woman’s dream of winning big came true when she won a $150,000 Powerball prize from the Michigan Lottery.

An 80-year-old from Dearborn is $1 million richer after matching five white balls in a Powerball drawing.

A Genesee County man who won a $150,000 Powerball prize described winning as a “huge relief.”

A woman in Ypsilanti won a $100,000 Powerball prize after a last-minute decision to add Power Play to her ticket.

A Michigan lottery player who purchased a ticket in Warren has won $25,000 a year for life.

After a lengthy delay, lottery officials announced the winning Powerball numbers for the Nov. 7, 2022, drawing and one person matched all the winning numbers.

The Powerball jackpot sits at $1.9 billion for Monday night’s drawing. Do you have a winning Powerball ticket? The cash option is $929.1 million.

The Nov. 7, 2022, Powerball drawing was delayed Monday night due to a participating lottery needing extra time to complete required security protocols.

The Powerball drawing on Monday, Nov. 7 is estimated to be worth nearly $2 billion, the largest jackpot in the lottery’s history.

The Powerball drawing on Monday, Nov. 7 is estimated to be worth nearly $2 billion, the largest jackpot in the lottery’s history.

The Powerball drawing on Monday, Nov. 7 is estimated to be worth nearly $2 billion, the largest jackpot in the lottery’s history.

The Powerball drawing on Monday, Nov. 7 is estimated to be worth nearly $2 billion, the largest jackpot in the lottery’s history.

A record Powerball jackpot grew to an even larger $1.9 billion after no one won the lottery drawing on Saturday night.

The Powerball jackpot sits at $1.5 billion and comes with a cash option of $746 million. Do you have a winning Powerball ticket?

We are now hours away from ticket sales ending in Michigan for Saturday night’s world-record $1.6 billion Powerball drawing, here's how many tickets have been sold.

Michigan players have purchased nearly 4 million tickets for Saturday night’s Powerball drawing.

The Powerball drawing on Saturday, Nov. 5 is estimated to be worth $1.6 billion, the largest jackpot in the lottery’s history.

The Powerball drawing on Saturday, Nov. 5 is estimated to be worth $1.6 billion, the largest jackpot in the lottery’s history.

The Powerball drawing on Saturday, Nov. 5 is estimated to be worth $1.6 billion, the largest jackpot in the lottery’s history.

A man from Huron County won a $1 million Powerball prize from the Michigan Lottery.

The Powerball drawing on Saturday, Nov. 5 is estimated to be worth $1.5 billion, one of the largest jackpots in the lottery’s history.

Nobody managed to match all six numbers to win Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot, meaning players get another chance at a $1.5 billion jackpot in Saturday’s drawing.

LANSING, MI -- An Oakland County wasn’t quite sure he understood what he was seeing after he learned he’d won a $242,256 Fantasy 5 jackpot recently. “I forgot I had purchased the tickets until I saw them in my wallet a few days later. “When I checked the winning numbers on the Lottery app, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. With his winnings, he plans on starting a college fund for his grandchildren and saving the remainder for retirement. For the latest on Michigan Lottery, check out the official Michigan Lottery site, which also offers more information on instant tickets, raffles and other lottery games.

For a lucky number seven straight years, the Michigan Lottery upped the ante by sending a record-breaking amount of cash to the state’s School Aid Fund. The Michigan Lottery bankrolled $1.4 billion for the School Aid Fund in fiscal year 2021, continuing a three-year hot streak of $1 billion payouts. The Michigan Lottery recorded $5 billion in sales and more than $3.1 billion in prizes to players. Whitmer’s 2022-2023 budget proposal includes a record-breaking $18.4 billion school aid budget. The budget also creates a $1 billion fund help school districts offset the cost modernization and infrastructure projects.

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‘This money is not about me. It’s about all of the good that can come from it,’ said the winner, who purchased the ticket at a grocery story in Morro Bay.

LANSING, MI -- A Muskegon County woman says she plans on saving her money after she won a $1 million jackpot playing the Michigan Lottery’s Millionaire Maker II instant game. For the latest on Michigan Lottery, check out the official Michigan Lottery site, which also offers more information on instant tickets, raffles and other lottery games. The last players from Michigan to win a Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot is the Wolverine FLL lottery club which claimed a $1.05 billion jackpot in March. If you’d like to be the next player from Michigan to win a huge lottery prize, take a look at these tips from lottery expert Richard Lustig. The author of “Learn How To Increase Your Chances Of Winning The Lottery” has won more than $1 million in Florida by winning top jackpot prizes in smaller games.

Lottery officials announced winning tickets were sold in California, Tennessee and Florida. The winning numbers were 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and Powerball 10. Mireya Villarreal reports from inside a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills, California, that sold one of the winning tickets.