An 80-Year-Old Michigan Woman Turned A Small Lottery Win Into A Massive $100K Payday

What's the one thing everyone seems to do when they win money playing at a casino or with a scratch off ticket?

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If you're like me and my degenerate friends, then you put more money into a slot machine or buy more scratch off tickets or pull tabs in hopes of winning even more money.

Most of the time that ends up being a bad idea, and we walk away with nothing but regret.

A Michigan woman recently won $700 playing a Michigan Lottery online game and turned it into a $100,000 payday.

The 80-year-old woman from Wayne County, who chose to remain anonymous, recently cashed in her winnings at Michigan Lottery Headquarters in Lansing.

While there she shared how the big win happened.

“I was bored one night after my husband went to bed, so I logged on to my Lottery account to play some games. The Firework Fortune Frenzy game looked fun and easy, so I deposited money and started playing.

“Right off the bat I won around $700, so I used my winnings to play some more and played a higher wager. I was getting ready to call it quits and log out when the screen lit up showing a $100,000 prize! I woke my husband up and told him, but he didn’t believe me, so I ended up calling the Lottery to make sure it was real.”

This lucky woman isn't the only person to win big playing the Michigan Lottery.

A man visiting Michigan from Maryland recently won $1,000,000 playing a Lucky Numbers instant win ticket.

A Bay County woman who had been playing Lotto 47 for 20 years with the same numbers hit it big and won $1.1 million.

And an Oakland County woman playing Fantasy 5 online accidentally selected a wrong number that resulted in her winning $250,000.

You can check out more Michigan Lottery winners by clicking here.