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Couple, son charged in Detroit illegal lotteryNews Story
They went searching for drugs, but discovered a major gambling operation instead. A federal judge in Detroit today unsealed a criminal complaint detailing a large-scale, multi-state gambling operation allegedly run by an elderly Detroit couple that for decades has operated out of coney island restaurants, storefronts and homes in the Detroit area. According to the complaint, federal agents stumbled upon the gambling operation in 2007 when they went to execute a search warrant at a Farmingt
Oct 13, 2010, 9:22 pm - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery holds new 50/50 raffle drawNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Michigan Lottery continued with its string of unique and creative raffle-style games with the drawing today of its Ultimate 50/50 Raffle. Unlike past raffle drawings, this latest game had a shorter ticket sales period, offered discounts for larger wager quantities, and awarded all of its available prize money to one lucky winner. And that lucky winner is holding ticket number 0427300. The winner will receive a payout worth $1,274,382, before taxes. The winning ja
Sep 28, 2010, 11:27 am - Lottery News

Lottery winners get their checks, keep working at plantNews Story
A year ago, William Shanteau and his 13 co-workers at a Detroit auto plant were worried their jobs could be gone at any moment. Now they're all millionaires after winning a share of last week's $96.9 million Powerball drawing. Most of the group from the paint shop at a Chrysler plant that makes Jeep Grand Cherokees plans to keep working, Shanteau said Thursday after working a 12-hour shift. It's like family, he said, adding that at least two of the jackpot winners plan to retire, and h
Jul 2, 2010, 9:42 am - Lottery News

Michigan workers claim Mega Millions, Powerball lottery jackpotsNews Story
Call it a jackpot bonanza. Factory workers in Detroit and Kalamazoo are winners of multimillion-dollar lottery prizes. Fourteen workers called the Lucky 13 Plus One lottery club at the Chrysler plant in Detroit that makes the Dodge Viper will share in last week's $96.6 million Powerball pot, while five workers at a Kalamazoo factory will share $36 million in the Mega Millions drawing. Bells and whistles went off, said William Shanteau, when he took the winning ticket to Shirley's Carry
Jun 29, 2010, 8:39 am - Lottery News

Kalamazoo mart customer holds $36M lottery ticketNews Story
A regular lottery customer of a gas station market in Kalamazoo, Mich., holds the winning Mega Millions ticket for a $36 million jackpot, the store owner said Monday. Citgo One Stop Mart owner Kaushik Patel said his southwest Michigan store sold the winning ticket last week in Friday night's multistate game drawing. Patel said the man, who hasn't been identified, came to the store Saturday to check his tickets but the machine didn't process. He went home, checked online and discovered his
Jun 16, 2010, 10:51 am - Lottery News

Michigan lottery players are the big winnersNews Story
Where did the all the Michigan lottery money go? That age-old question is being asked with a little greater frequency these days as local school districts grapple with mid-year state aid cuts of a minimum of $292 per student. Conspiracy theory has long held that lottery proceeds intended to solve all of Michigan's school funding problems have been for decades fiscally diverted by crafty lawmakers in other, non-school programs. Those suspicions might have had more of a basis of support b
Nov 29, 2009, 10:37 am - Lottery News

Recession or not, Michigan lottery tickets are hot sellersNews Story
Tonight's huge Mega Millions jackpot helping already good sales These tough times might have folks cutting back lots of things, but Keith Longhurst figures lottery tickets will never be one of them. That's why it's no surprise to him that Michigan Lottery officials say lottery sales are running at a near record pace and are expected to get a boost by tonight's $207 million Mega Millions jackpot. We get people in here on unemployment, and they're putting together change just to buy one
Aug 21, 2009, 1:21 pm - Lottery News

Michigan church wins $70,000 in lotteryNews Story
Divine intervention? Or just plain luck? No matter what the circumstances, a Michigan church is $70,000 richer courtesy of the Michigan Lottery. The Covenant Life Worship Center and its 25 members in Haslett, Mich. had one of the second-prize tickets in the Lucky 7s raffle held May 4. The $10 ticket was purchased at a convenience store in Haslett, five miles northeast of downtown Lansing. The lottery Web site says the odds of a single ticket winning $70,000 in Lucky 7s are one in 55,556
Aug 18, 2009, 10:46 am - Lottery News

12 Michigan women + 2 men share $12.7M lottery jackpotNews Story
Twelve women from a small town in Michigan's upper peninsula have claimed a $12.7 million Classic Lotto 47 jackpot. Michigan Lottery officials said members of the Island Dreamers lottery club made the six-hour trip from Newberry to Lansing in a stretch Hummer limousine on Tuesday to claim their prize. Club member Debra Cummings said she doesn't remember anything after checking the first two numbers on the morning after the July 1 drawing. The Island Dreamers range in age from 25 years o
Jul 9, 2009, 8:38 am - Lottery News

Latest Michigan Lottery raffle offer $1,000 a week for lifeNews Story
Tickets on sale Monday; drawing is June 22 Michigan Lottery officials are banking they've come up with a winning formula for the next raffle game: A top prize of $1,000 a week for the rest of the player's life. Win for Life raffle tickets go on sale Monday for $20 each, and once 300,000 are sold, that's it. Lottery Commissioner M. Scott Bowen said the state's 12th raffle not only offers players a whole new way to win, it gives them a way to stretch out a win. The prize that keeps on
May 8, 2009, 10:39 am - Lottery News