One of the best news that has come out of Michigan recently is that of a man who won a $5.42 million Lotto 47 jackpot from the Michigan Lottery. This is indeed mind-boggling no wonder his head has not stopped spinning ever since he landed that feat. It makes sense that the player has chosen to remain anonymous considering the undue publicity that he would receive if people knew who he was.
While winning the jackpot is often a stroke of luck, people are eager to know the events that led up to it (probably to align their lives with the next win opportunity). For the Michigan man, the much he did to earn this life-changing amount was matching the winning Lotto 47 numbers drawn on Sept. 28 to win the jackpot. The ticket he won the jackpot with, was bought online and his number choice for it was 02-05-14-30-32-42. He bought his winning ticket online.
The convenience of online lottery cannot be underestimated because it saves time and effort for willing participants. It is not common though and Michigan is just but one of a handful of states that have legalized online lottery gambling. Online casino gambling is also not common and the number of states that support is even smaller (including Michigan).
Speaking on his win, the lottery winner from Michigan said that he prefers to play casino games online. On the day when he bought the lottery ticket, he recounted that he only had a balance of $280 in his account which he had gained from a recent win. For the now 69-year-old player, the fact that he had been off the gambling scene for a while led him to purchasing 15 lottery tickets. Many betting enthusiasts will identify with the move that the recent winner took – it takes discipline to stick to the gambling budget you have set.
Lottery ticket results often take a while longer to come out compared to other gambling forms. The Michigan man knew of his achievement a day after making his purchase – when perusing through his email, he can across one that stated that he had won the lottery. There was no information on the exact amount of money won so he proceeded to his player profile to check.
The email spam folder is filled with such emails on a daily basis and it can be a challenge sifting through the junk to know which one has been sent from a legitimate source. The deal breaker for the 69 year old was confirming the email on his player account. We can only imagine the anxiety he felt as he logged in hoping that the email was indeed true. According to him, his head started spinning upon realization that his life had been completely changed for the better.
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With this current win, Michigan has so far recorded the second-largest prize ever won online from the Michigan Lottery. The largest prize that has ever been won from the online Michigan lottery is $5.75 million. In February and March 2021, two lottery players won $1,000 each to be paid out every day for the rest of their lives. This was after they had taken part in Lucky For Life online. The two players decided that it would serve their interests better if the prize was paid out as a lump sum. According to the officials of the lottery, each of these players received cash out of $5.75 million.
Even though the news that one has won the lottery is something that changes one’s status almost immediately, a large percentage of winners choose to remain anonymous. Under the Michigan law, it is permitted for the identity of lottery winners to stay hidden.
The newest lottery winner in the United States went to the visited Lottery headquarters to personally claim the big win. There were two options as to how the prize could be dished out to him; receive his prize as a one-time lump sum payment of about $3.8 million or get 30 annuity payments for the full amount. He chose the former!
The prize money is without a doubt going to change the life of the Michigan man. Although he says that his family was in a good place financially, it is not clear how well prepared they were for retirement. Either way, the quality of life for this family now and in the future is going to change completely. This is probably the case for the other winners from New Jersey and other locations that have won the lottery in 2022. This $5.4 Million jackpot win marks the sixth time that the Lotto 47 jackpot has been won this year.
For every play round of the Lotto 47, players pay a mere $1, making it one of the most affordable gambling avenues in existence today. After the payment has been made, the next step is to select six numbers from one through to 47 for a chance to win a jackpot starting at $1 million and which continues to grow until someone wins it.
The great advantage of the jackpots is that it is anyone’s game; most winners are not frequent players.
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If you are playing Lotto 47 and have some extra cash to spare, you can apply double play to your Lotto 47 ticket for an additional $1 per play. This feature offers participating players an opportunity to win a maximum of $1.5 million in the nightly Double Play drawing. If you pay an extra $1 to every game you play, this triggers the addition of EZMatch to the respective ticket for a chance to win up to $500 instantly. Lotto 47 lottery winners are announced on Wednesday and Saturday at exactly 7:29 p.m. want to buy a Lotto 47 ticket? Get them at a retailer or online purchase store at MichiganLottery.com before 7:08 p.m. on the day of the drawing.
