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!”…