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Miami Herald
16-07-2025
- Miami Herald
Woman thinks lottery win is ‘impossible.' Then Michigan bartender calls her
A woman thought a lottery win was 'impossible' when she asked a Michigan bartender to scan her lottery ticket. The bartender in Millington returned the ticket and said the woman needed to file a claim with the lottery office when it opens on Monday, officials said in a July 16 news release. 'The next morning, I got a call from the bartender telling me they sold a jackpot winning Fast Cash ticket the night before, so to look my ticket over again because that may be why the message to file a claim came up,' the 65-year-old from Tuscola County told lottery officials. 'My first thought was that she was lying to me because I thought it was impossible that I may have won.' The Michigan woman hit the jackpot, winning $865,124, according to lottery officials. 'When I looked my ticket over again and saw I really was the big winner, I couldn't help but cry,' she said. The winner plans to invest her winnings and complete home improvement projects. 'Even though I'm at the Lottery office claiming my prize, I keep waiting for someone to tell me this isn't real because I still can't wrap my head around it,' said the player. Millington is about an 80-mile drive northwest from Detroit.
Miami Herald
04-06-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery club ‘flipped out' when they hit the jackpot in Michigan. ‘Total shock'
Two friends spending time together in Northern Michigan bought a lottery ticket and hit the jackpot. 'My friend, the other club member, lives in Northern Michigan, and we just recently started playing the Lottery together whenever I am up north at my cabin,' the spokesperson for the club told lottery officials. They bought a ticket at Talley's Log Cabin Bar in Lewiston, but they didn't know how much they had won. They scanned the ticket and were told to go to the lottery office, officials said. When they scanned their Fast Cash ticket again on the app, they 'flipped out' when they saw the prize. The pair from a Wayne County lottery club had just hit the jackpot and won $793,304, Michigan lottery officials said in a June 4 news release. 'It was a total shock and took a while to wrap our heads around it,' one of the winners told officials. Now, the two winners plan to use the money to live without debt, officials said. 'I don't think it's going to fully sink in until we cash our checks,' the player told officials. Lewiston is about a 225-mile drive northwest from Detroit.
CBS News
04-06-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Wayne County Lottery Club wins $793K playing Fast Cash progressive jackpot
Members of a Michigan lottery club plan to live a debt-free life after winning $793,304 on a 5 Win Lucky Clover Fast Cash jackpot from the Michigan Lottery. The Wayne County lottery club purchased its winning ticket at Talley's Log Cabin Bar, located at 2981 Kneeland Street in Lewiston. "My friend, the other club member, lives in Northern Michigan, and we just recently started playing the Lottery together whenever I am up north at my cabin," said the club's representative in a news release. "We bought a Fast Cash ticket together and weren't sure how much we won, so we scanned it and got a message to visit the Lottery office. "We scanned it on the Michigan Lottery app next and flipped out when we saw we won the jackpot plus $250,000! It was a total shock and took a while to wrap our heads around it. I don't think it's going to fully sink in until we cash our checks." With their winnings, club members plan to live debt-free. The Michigan Lottery offers several Fast Cash instant-win games. Fast Cash games offer players a progressive jackpot that can be won instantly, according to the Michigan Lottery. Games include Wild Time Progressive, Lucky Clover, Diamond Wild Time Progressive, Jumbo Jackpot Slots, Jackpot Slots Millionaire and Super Lucky 7s. Tickets range in price from $2 per play up to $30 per play.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
‘Lucky' Ottawa County bar and grill sells another jackpot lottery ticket
WALKERVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) — A West Michigan lottery player that hit the jackpot doesn't plan on keeping all of his winnings. The 69-year-old Ottawa County man frequently plays Michigan Lottery's Fast Cash games, he said in a Friday release from the Michigan Lottery. 'I bought a few Fast Cash tickets while I was out to eat with my family and saw I matched number 44 with 'Jackpot' underneath,' he said in the release. 'I handed the ticket to my son and jokingly said: 'What does jackpot mean?' He freaked out and scanned the ticket on his Lottery app to double check it.' 'Magic' or coincidence? Lottery players find luck at party store with four-leaf clover He won $667,862 from the ticket bought at in Walkerville. The bar and grill has been 'particularly lucky,' the Michigan Lottery said, and sold a Fast Cash ticket that won a $111,368 jackpot last year. The Ottawa County man says he plans on sharing his winnings with his family, and donating part of it to charities and his church. The odds of winning the lottery are slim. For example, there's a 1 in 290 million chance of winning the Mega Millions jackpot and a 1 in 292.2 million chance of winning the Powerball. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the 24/7 National Problem Gambling Helpline at or text 800GAM. For more information, go to Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
18-04-2025
- General
- CBS News
Michigan Lottery player wins progressive jackpot of $667,862
A progressive lottery jackpot prize resulted in a Michigan man winning over $600,000, the Michigan Lottery reported Friday. The winner was a 69-year-old man from Ottawa County who chose to remain anonymous. He took home a prize of $667,862 in the Double Win Wild Time Fash Cash Jackpot on a ticket purchased April 5 at Freeman Leaky Tap on Dickinson Avenue in Walkerville. Michigan Lottery officials noted that a Freeman Leaky Tap customers have been lucky in the past, with a $111,368 Jackpot Slots Fash Cash prize on a ticket sold there in January 2024. "I play Fast Cash games all the time," the latest winner said. "I bought a few Fast Cash tickets while I was out to eat with my family and saw I matched number 44 with 'Jackpot' underneath. I handed the ticket to my son and jokingly said: 'What does jackpot mean?' He freaked out and scanned the ticket on his Lottery app to double check it." The winner plans to share prize money with his family, and also make donations to charity and his church. "Winning is a nice little kicker and will allow me to help others," he said. Michigan Lottery officials say its Fast Cash games feed into a progressive jackpot, which means the top prize increases until a jackpot is hit and the top prize amount resets. The latest jackpot amount is printed on each ticket so that players know what the amount is at the time. The cost of each Fast Cash game ticket varies from $2 to $30 each, and the amount of lower-level prize money varies among those games.
