Mich. Sticks With Plan To Launch Internet Lottery
Michigan will begin selling lottery tickets and offering games online next year.
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Michigan will begin selling lottery tickets and offering games online next year.
There was one winning ticket for the latest $400 million Powerball jackpot, but it wasn't sold in Michigan.
Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot tops $400 million, and that has Metro Detroiters rushing to stores for their tickets.
No one matched all six of the winning Powerball numbers Saturday night
Lottery officials say there were no jackpot winners in Saturday's Powerball drawing.
A single ticket sold in Florida has the winning number for the top prize: an estimated $590.5 million.
Powerball is a game of numbers, and lottery officials say the majority of possible combinations have already been purchased ahead of Saturday night's near-historic $600 million drawing.
The Michigan Lottery sees the Internet as its new frontier for business, where more tickets can be sold and games can be played to ultimately pump more money into public schools.
The Michigan Lottery plans to begin selling online subscriptions for games such as Mega Millions and Powerball starting this spring.
The powerball jackpot for Saturday night's drawing is up to $100-million.
We now know who was holding that $1 million winning ticket from last week's huge Powerball drawing.
At least two people in Michigan now have a lot of holiday cash, and some to spare.
Powerball fever has swept much of the nation with long lines forming as folks try to land themselves that ultimate stocking stuffer.
While many people played, no one matched all the numbers.
Saturday night's Powerball jackpot is the fourth largest in history at $325 millions.
The bill, passed by the Senate on Tuesday, would prohibit the disclosure unless the winner agrees to it in writing.
If legislation working its way through the Michigan Senate had been law last month, the world might never know the name and face of Donald Lawson of Lapeer, who claimed his prize for winning the $337 million in the Powerball lottery game.
The Michigan Lottery says it has been contacted by the winner of last week's $337 million Powerball jackpot.
Three days after a ticket sold in Lapeer won a $337 million Powerball drawing, another Michigan lottery player won a big jackpot.
Need some new wheels? How about 8,704 Lansing-made 2012 Cadillac CTS Coupes?
Someone, somewhere in Michigan has just become very, very rich.
Lottery officials say one ticket matched five numbers Saturday and is worth $1 million before taxes. No one won the $181 million jackpot.
Starting January 15, 2012, ticket prices for the multi-state game will double to $2.00, but the starting jackpot will also double to $40 million.
What would YOU buy with that $200 million up for grabs in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing?
