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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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Kent County woman plans on buying home with $1M scratch-off win
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A woman in Kent County is planning on buying a home after winning the lottery. The woman, who chose to remain anonymous, one $1 million from a scratch-off ticket, the Michigan Lottery said in a release. 'The store didn't have the game I wanted to buy, so I decided to try my luck on the Wild Cherry game,' she said in the release. She said when she first scanned the ticket and got a message to file a claim, she thought she'd won $10,000. 'I gave the ticket back to the clerk and had her check it. She helped me scratch the rest of it off, and when she saw I had hit $1 million, she screamed: 'She just won $1 million!'' she said. The winner opted for a one-time lump sum payment, which comes out to about $693,000, instead of annuity payments for the full $1 million. She's said she's going to use her winnings to buy a home, and will save the rest. The odds of winning the lottery are slim. For example, there's a 1 in 302.6 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.
