Great Lakes Wire

A Macomb County man has claimed a $481,582 Fantasy 5 jackpot from the Michigan Lottery after matching all five numbers in the August 16 drawing. The 84-year-old winner, who chose to remain anonymous, purchased his ticket online at MichiganLottery.com.

“After I bought my ticket online, I wrote down my numbers so I could check them the next day,” said the player. “The morning after the drawing, I got on MichiganLottery.com to look at the results and saw someone won the jackpot. I started matching my numbers and went into shock when I realized I was the jackpot winner!”

He visited Lottery headquarters recently to collect his prize and shared that he plans to distribute some of his winnings among family members before saving what remains.

“I have been playing Fantasy 5 for a long time hoping to win big, and I can’t believe it finally happened,” he said.

Fantasy 5 tickets cost $1 per play. Players may also add EZmatch or Double Play for an additional $1 each per play, which offer chances for instant prizes up to $500 or a second chance drawing with top prizes up to $110,000 respectively. To win the Fantasy 5 jackpot—which starts at $100,000—players must match all five numbers drawn from one to thirty-nine.

Drawings are held daily at 7:29 p.m., and tickets can be purchased in stores or online via https://www.michiganlottery.com until shortly before each draw.