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The Michigan Lottery began when the Green Ticket game started on November 13, 1972. Hermus Millsaps of Taylor, Michigan won the first $1 million prize on February 22, 1973. When he won, Mr. Millsaps was 53 years old, a native of Tennessee and worked at a Chrysler Automobile plant. He and his wife spent all their money on bus fare to Lansing and ...
This particular game was called Winfall. A ticket cost $1. You picked six numbers, 1 through 49, and the Michigan Lottery drew six numbers. Six correct guesses won you the jackpot, guaranteed to be at least $2 million and often higher. If you guessed five, four, three, or two of the six numbers, you won lesser amounts.
Jerry and Marge Selbee, a retired couple from the small town of Evart, Michigan, discover a statistical loophole in the WinFall lottery that allows them to almost guarantee a win during rolldown weeks (when there was no grand prize winner for long enough that, instead of the jackpot growing further, it was distributed to the next tier of winners).
The Selbees had legally exploited a loophole, benefiting themselves and the state, making $120 million from the game. Their corporation grossed over $26 million, with nearly $8 million in profit ...
The biggest Michigan Lottery prize won or claimed in January was worth $842.4 million, a number that will be tough for any other player to beat this year, according to the Michigan Lottery.
These stories of lottery wins paint a picture of lives changed overnight. Among these tales, a Michigan lottery player had to check her $1 million winning ticket daily to believe it was real ...
www.megamillions.com. Mega Millions (originally known as The Big Game in 1996 and renamed, temporarily, to The Big Game Mega Millions six years later) is an American multijurisdictional lottery game. The first drawing took place on September 6, 1996, with six participating states, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Virginia.
The Powerball lottery jackpot was an estimated $195 million for Saturday night's drawing. ... Jan. 1, 2024: Won in Michigan. $768.4 million, March 27, 2019: Won in Wisconsin.