Portage Couple Turns $20 Mega Millions Ticket into $3 Million Prize

A lot of people, myself included, wait until the Mega Millions or Powerball drawing gets close to a billion dollars. At that point, when our chances of winning are the lowest, we hope and pray that we can buy a life-changing ticket.

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A Michigan couple recently won money with the Mega Millions drawing but were pleasantly surprised to see just how much they had actually won.

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Carol Bukant bought the winning ticket at JJ Land LLC, located at 4421 West Centre Avenue in Portage.

She shared with the Michigan Lottery about the exciting moment they found out how much money they had won.

My husband and I buy Mega Millions tickets every once in a while when the jackpot is up there. Since the jackpot was getting close to $1 billion, we decided to buy $20 worth of tickets. The next morning, my husband checked them, and we were both shaky and excited when we thought we’d won $1 million. Shortly after, we realized we had a 3X multiplier and actually won $3 million. It was amazing!

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There have been several big lottery wins in recent months in Michigan.

A Michigan woman won $100,000 playing Powerball thanks to ChatGPT.

Another big winner was a Michigan man who bought an extra Fantasy 5 ticket and won $500,000

You can learn more about big Michigan Lottery winners by clicking here.