Michigan Lottery player wins $25K a year for life playing Lucky For Life (2024)

Winning Lucky For Life ticket was purchased in Sterling Heights

Kayla Clarke, Senior Web Producer

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – A Michigan Lottery player won $25,000 a year for life playing Lucky For Life.

A ticket matched the five white balls drawn Thursday, May 16, night to win the big prize: 12-19-34-39-45. The winning ticket was purchased at a Shell gas station at 11541 East 15 Mile Road in Sterling Heights.

This win is the ninth time this year a Michigan player has won a lifetime prize playing Lucky For Life.

Here are the details on the eight other big wins:

  • Feb. 20, with a ticket bought at Borders Corner Store, located at 7024 East Pickard Road in Mount Pleasant. This prize was recently claimed by a Flushing woman.

  • March 12, with a ticket bought online at MichiganLottery.com. This prize was recently claimed by an Escanaba woman.

  • March 23, with a ticket bought at the Value Center Market, located at 27428 6 Mile Road in Livonia. This prize was recently claimed by a Redford Township woman.

  • March 25, with a ticket bought online at MichiganLottery.com.

  • March 26, with a ticket bought at Merriman Drugs, located at 31320 5 Mile Road in Livonia.

  • April 17, with a ticket bought online at MichiganLottery.com. This prize was recently claimed by a Detroit woman.

  • April 19, with a ticket bought at the Hub Sports Bistro, located at 16780 21 Mile Road in Macomb Township. This prize was recently claimed by a Macomb man.

  • April 29, with a ticket bought at Morning Fresh Bakery, located at 3223 North Adrian Highway in Adrian.

The winners have two choices to collect the big prize. They can either choose annual $25,000 payments for a minimum of 20 years or life, whichever is greater, or a one-time lump sum cash payment of $390,000.

Winners should contact the Michigan Lottery Player Relations Division at 844-917-6325 to schedule an appointment to collect big prizes. Lucky For Life tickets are valid for one year from the drawing date.

How do you win Lucky For Life?

Each play costs $2 and players can win prizes ranging from $3 to a lifetime of cash.

The game’s top prize is $1,000 a day for life. To win that, players have to match all five winning numbers ranging from 1 to 48 and get the Lucky Ball ranging from 1 to 18.

Players who match all five winning numbers, but not the Lucky Ball, will win $25,000 a year. Drawings take place at 10:38 p.m. every day.

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Michigan Lottery player wins $25K a year for life playing Lucky For Life (2024)

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Has anyone won Lucky for Life in Michigan? ›

Lucky for Life is a game from the Michigan Lottery. FLUSHING, Mich. (WJRT) - A Flushing man has won $25,000 a Year for Life from the Michigan Lottery, playing Lucky for Life. The Michigan Lottery says that 57-year-old Daryl Tilley from Flushing won the big prize when he matched the five balls drawn on March 25.

Does Lucky for Life actually pay for life? ›

A first-prize winner, if the annuity is chosen, receives, or shares, the equivalent of "$365,000 a YEAR, FOR LIFE" (the timing of the payments is according to the rules where the ticket was sold), with a 20-year guarantee; if the winner dies, payments continue to the winner's estate.

Has there ever been a Lucky for Life winner? ›

Thanks to an apparent honest mistake by a gas station clerk, a 60-year-old Illinois man is nearly $400,000 richer. Michigan Lottery officials said Michael Sopejstal won $25,000 a year for life when a Lucky for Life lottery ticket he bought matched the five white balls drawn on Sept.

Do you really get $1000 a day for life? ›

Lucky for Life Rules

Choose five numbers from one through 48 and one Lucky Ball number from one through 18. You can Quick Pick or choose your own lucky numbers. Match all five numbers and the Lucky Ball and your Lucky for Life winnings will be $1,000 a day for life.

How often do people win Lucky for Life? ›

The odds of winning the incredible Lucky for Life jackpot are approximately 1 in 30.8 million. While the odds may seem steep, it's important to note that Lucky for Life also offers multiple secondary prize levels, which means there are more opportunities to win cash prizes besides the jackpot.

What is the lump sum payout for Lucky for Life in Michigan? ›

They can either choose annual $25,000 payments for a minimum of 20 years or life, whichever is greater, or a one-time lump sum cash payment of $390,000. Winners should contact the Michigan Lottery Player Relations Division at 844-917-6325 to schedule an appointment to collect big prizes.

Has anyone won $1,000 a day for life? ›

One lucky lottery player matched all five white balls in Sunday's Cash4Life drawing to win the $1,000 a day for life jackpot prize. That winning ticket was sold at a a Publix in Palm Beach, Florida.

What happens if more than one person wins Lucky for Life? ›

If the prize under a single bet or wager is being claimed by more than one (1) natural person or by a legal entity, the measuring life for that prize winner shall be twenty (20) years.

Is Cash4Life actually for life? ›

What is the Cash4Life payout? * Top Prize is payable as a for-life annuity (minimum of twenty years) of $365,000 per year or a one-time lump sum payment at the election of the winner. The amount of the lump sum payment is equal to the estimated cash required to purchase the annuity.

How much is $25,000 a year for life? ›

"Assuming an individual receives $25,000 a year for life and that individual is currently age 31 and lived to age 70, they would receive $975,000 in total over 39 years."

Has anyone won $10,000 a week for life? ›

Suffolk County Player Wins $10,000 A Week For Life Scratch-Off Prize. Mack Peoples of Brentwood has claimed a top prize on the New York Lottery's $10,000 A Week For Life scratch-off game. The ticket guarantees a minimum payout of $10,000,000.

Who won the 150 million? ›

An Adelaide man has come forward to claim Thursday's $150 million Powerball jackpot, becoming Australia's biggest lottery winner in the process. The middle-aged man contacted lottery officials on Friday morning after not sleeping Thursday night because he "just kept checking the ticket".

How many people have won Cash4Life? ›

Since the game began in June 2014, Cash4Life has had 15 top-prize winners and 22 second-tier winners. The second-tier prize offers players the option of $1,000 a week for life, paid in annual installments of $52,000, or a one-time payment of $1 million.

How much is $1000 a day for a year? ›

$1,000 daily is how much per year? If you make $1,000 per day, five days per week, your annual salary would be $260,000. This is the result of multiplying the five days by the 52 weeks each year has, totaling 260 days.

What is the lump sum payout for Cash4Life? ›

As is stated on the Cash4Life website: 'Top Prize is payable as a for-life annuity (minimum of twenty years) of 365,000 dollars per year or a one-time lump sum payment at the election of the winner. The amount of the lump sum payment is equal to the estimated cash required to purchase the annuity.

What are the odds of winning Lucky for Life in Michigan? ›

Prize Table
MatchOddsPrize
5 White Balls + Lucky Ball1: 30,821,472$1,000 a Day for Life *
5 White Balls1: 1,813,028$25,000 a Year for Life **
4 White Balls + Lucky Ball1: 143,356$5,000 **
4 White Balls1: 8,433$200
6 more rows
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Has anyone ever won the Michigan Lottery online? ›

A Michigan man is $7.19 million richer after state lottery officials said he won the largest prize ever on a ticket purchased through the state lottery's website.

How do you win Michigan Lucky for Life? ›

For just $2 per play, Lucky For Life gives Lottery players a chance to win prizes ranging from $3 to a lifetime of cash. To win the game's top prize of $1,000 a day for life, players must match all five winning numbers ranging from 1 to 48, plus one Lucky Ball ranging from 1 to 18.

Does Michigan reveal Lottery winners? ›

Under state law, players who win more than $10,000 playing state-only games are granted anonymity. Winners may waive that anonymity if they chose. For the multi-state games, state law defers to the rules of those games.

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