Suspicious email in lottery player’s spam folder turned out to be a huge Michigan win
Unlike many suspicious emails in spam folders, one from the Michigan lottery in a 54-year-old woman’s inbox turned out to be the “surprise of a lifetime,” officials said.
However, she needed to check “three different times to make sure the email was real,” she told Michigan lottery officials in a July 30 news release.
The email said the woman had won a prize in the BIG CA$H Second Chance jackpot drawing July 9, but she didn’t know she had entered.
The Macomb County woman learned she had been earning entries by playing Michigan lottery games online.
Now, she’s the winner of a $207,199 prize.
Players wagering in some of Michigan lottery’s online instant games include a jackpot drawing entry for every $0.50 bet, according to officials.
With her winnings, the woman plans to pay her bills and invest.
“This win is so exciting and couldn’t have come at a better time,” she said in the news release.
BIG CA$H Second Chance jackpot drawings occur monthly.
Macomb County is about a 40-mile drive northeast from Detroit.
This story was originally published July 30, 2024 at 11:54 AM with the headline "Suspicious email in lottery player’s spam folder turned out to be a huge Michigan win."
