LANSING, Mich. — A 63-year-old woman from Oceana County has turned a $100 online prize into a $1 million windfall by playing the Michigan Lottery’s Millionaire Raffle game. The woman, who has chosen to remain anonymous, purchased her winning raffle ticket online at MichiganLottery.com. “I won $100 playing an online game, so I decided to […]
LANSING, Mich. — A 63-year-old woman from Oceana County has turned a $100 online prize into a $1 million windfall by playing the Michigan Lottery’s Millionaire Raffle game. The woman, who has chosen to remain anonymous, purchased her winning raffle ticket online at MichiganLottery.com.
“I won $100 playing an online game, so I decided to use some of my winnings to purchase Powerball and Mega Millions tickets online,” she said. “When I was purchasing those tickets, I saw the Millionaire Raffle game and thought: ‘Why not?’ and purchased one ticket.”
She recounted her surprise upon discovering her win: “I forgot I had purchased the raffle ticket until I saw an email from the Lottery one day with information on claiming my prize. I didn’t believe it when I logged into my Lottery account and saw a $1 million prize pending. I logged out and logged back in several times and the prize was still there, so I knew it had to be real. I am still trying to wrap my head around it!”
Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli commented on the win, saying, “Purchasing a Millionaire Raffle ticket on a whim led to a huge $1 million payday for this lucky player! The Lottery’s online platform offers players several different ways to play and win with online instant games, draw games, and online raffles, including the Millionaire Raffle game.”
