"Oh what FUN, EXCITEMENT AND ANTICIPATION it is for me to play Scratch-offs with my family! For years, especially during a Holiday or event, we each buy $50.00 worth of scratch-offs and mix them in even piles. Whoever wins the most in their scratch-offs gets a gift card for $25.00 (along with their winnings) to a coffee shop, restaurant or store. It's one of our favorite events!"

"I recently bought two scratch-offs - the first one was $100 dollar winner, the second one was a $5, 000 winner! The love of scratch-offs comes from my father who hit a five dollar bingo card for $300, 000 not once but twice in Michigan. First time he was 72 years old and then nine years later hit same bingo for $300, 000 again! I love the idea it might be my turn why not me?"

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"I love playing Jersey Cash 5 and all the new games that come out! I have family members that have also won. I prefer to buy my tickets in small shops. Anything can happen with the New Jersey lottery! Do you have to be in it to win it? I think so!"

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It's the best way to stay connected to all winning numbers, game information, second chance drawings, and the latest NJ Lottery news!Kristin Murawski (left) of Washtenaw County won a $288, 908 Fantasy 5 jackpot on her husband Scott's birthday. Photo provided by Michigan Lottery.

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LANSING, MI -- As if her husband’s birthday wasn’t enough of a reason for a celebration, a Washtenaw County woman went ahead and won a $288, 903 Fantasy 5 jackpot recently.

“I like to play Fantasy 5 when the jackpot gets over $150, 000, ” said 46-year-old Kristin Murawski. “We made a quick stop at Red’s, and I saw the jackpot was way past $150, 000, so I grabbed a ticket.

“It was my husband, Scott’s, birthday, so we stopped at our neighbor’s house on the way home to celebrate. While we were there, my brother-in-law texted my husband the winning numbers. As I was looking at them, I kept yelling: ‘I think we hit! I think we hit!’ My husband looked at the ticket and his jaw dropped!”

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Murawski matched all five numbers drawn for the July 21 drawing -- 21-23-25-34-38 -- to win the jackpot. She bought the ticket at the Red Party Store, located at 14136 Oakville Waltz Road in Willis, roughly 25 miles south of Ann Arbor.

“Winning this jackpot is life-changing and makes our lives easier. It means an earlier retirement for my husband and less worry about how we’ll make ends meet once we are both retired, ” Murawski said.

For the latest on Michigan Lottery, check out the official Michigan Lottery site, which also offers more information on instant tickets, raffles and other lottery games.

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The last players from Michigan to win a Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot is the Wolverine FLL lottery club which claimed a $1.05 billion jackpot in March 2021. With their winnings, the group plans to give back to the community.

And while they were lucky winners, it’s smart for players to check their tickets immediately as a winner worth $1 million sold in Warren 2021 went unclaimed. The money instead went to the state’s School Aid Fund.

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Richard Wahl of Sussex County hit the $533 million Mega Millions jackpot in March 2018. It was the largest lottery prize won in New Jersey and one of the biggest across the nation.New Jersey Lottery

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With more numbers added to the Powerball and Mega Millions lottery games during the past several years, it has gotten harder to win the big jackpot. As a result, jackpots have grown larger and larger as weeks — and sometimes months — go by without any lottery players matching all six numbers.

But, every once in a while, someone does get lucky enough to win the top prize in these high-stakes lottery games. Sometimes the prize is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and two times in history the winning jackpot was worth more than $1 billion.

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(Note: The rankings below could change based on the results of two huge lottery drawings scheduled for this week — Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot estimated at $750 million and Saturday’s Powerball jackpot estimated at $640 million.)

One winning Mega Millions ticket worth $522 million was sold in San Diego, California for the drawing held on June 7, 2019. Lottery officials identified the winner as Laarni Bibal.

A New Jersey man struck it rich in a $533 million Mega Millions drawing on March 30, 2018. The sole winning ticket was purchased by Richard Wahl, of Vernon Township in Sussex County.

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Wahl bought the lucky ticket at a Lukoil gas station on Route 23 in Riverdale and walked away with $324 million before taxes were deducted, because the ticket was purchased with the cash option.

A Mega Millions ticket worth $536 million was sold in Cambridge City, Indiana for the July 8, 2016 drawing. The winners were a married couple who set up a limited liability corporation, allowing them to claim their prize anonymously.Indiana Lottery

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A Mega Millions ticket worth $536 million was sold at a Speedway in Cambridge City, Indiana for the July 8, 2016 drawing. The winners were a married couple with two children who set up a limited liability corporation, allowing them to claim their prize anonymously.

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The Hamilton County residents chose the cash option of $378 million. They received $271 million after taxes. At the time, the prize was the largest won by a single ticket holder in Mega Millions history.

One winning Mega Millions ticket worth $543 million was sold in California for the drawing on July 24, 2018, and it turned out the lucky ticket belonged to a group of 11 co-workers at a finance company in Santa Clara. So the big prize was split among the people in their office pool.

One winning Powerball ticket worth $559.7 million was sold in New Hampshire for the drawing on Jan. 6, 2018. The winner turned out to be a New Hampshire woman, who took legal action to remain anonymous, even though her state says lottery winners’ names and hometowns are public information, CBS News reported.

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Single mother Marie Holmes of Shalotte, North Carolina, won one-third of a $564.1 million Powerball jackpot on Feb. 11, 2015. The other winning tickets were sold in Texas and Puerto Rico.

Cindy and Mark Hill of Missouri (left and second from right) won half of a $587.5 million Powerball jackpot on Nov. 28, 2012.Missouri Lottery

Cindy and Mark Hill of Missouri won half of a $587.5 million Powerball jackpot on Nov. 28, 2012. The other winning jackpot ticket was purchased by Matthew Good, at the time a 37-year-old resident of Fountain Hills, Arizona.

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Gloria MacKenzie, then 84, of Zephyrhills, Fla., won a huge lottery prize that didn't have to be split with another ticket holder.File photo

Gloria MacKenzie, of the town of Zephyrhills in Florida, held the distinction of winning the largest lottery jackpot that didn’t have to be shared. The 84-year-old woman won $590.5 million playing Powerball on May 18, 2013.

Ira Curry of Stone Mountain, Georgia, won half of the $648 million Mega Millions drawing on Dec. 17, 2013. The other winner was Steve Tran, a delivery driver from northern California.

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Curry chose the cash option and won $173 million. After 25% was withheld for federal taxes and another 6% for state taxes, Curry received about $120 million.

A group of people calling themselves the "Three Amigos" held one of three winning tickets for the $656 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot in March 2012.Maryland Lottery

A group calling themselves the “Three Amigos” held one of three winning tickets for the $656 million Mega Millions jackpot on March 30, 2012. The winners, a woman in her 20s, a man in his

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