Family wins $8 million: largest instant lottery prize in Michigan history

Father's Day present goes down as one for the history books

By Kate Northrop

A Michigan family not only gifted a father a winning lottery ticket worth $8 million, but they gave him the distinction of setting a new lottery record as well.

A group of lottery winners just set a new record for the largest instant lottery prize ever won in Michigan, coming in at a whopping $8 million.

The family members, who claimed the prize jointly as a lottery club, said the ticket was intended to be a present for their dad on Father's Day since they like taking advantage of holidays as a reason to buy tickets.

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