Wayne County Man Wins MI Lottery's Second-Largest Online Prize Playing Lotto 47

WAYNE COUNTY, MI — A Wayne County man won the Michigan Lottery's second-largest online prize playing the Michigan Lotto 47.

The anonymous winner won $5.42 million after winning the Lotto 47 Jackpot on Sept. 28. He bought his ticket online and matched the winning numbers: 02-05-14-30-32-42.

The 69-year-old lucky player said he had about $280 in his account from a recent win and decided to try his luck playing the Lotto 47 game online, buying 15 tickets.

"The next day, I was going through my email and had one from the Lottery that said I won a prize, but it didn’t say how much," the lucky player said. "I logged in to my online account, and when I saw I hit the jackpot my head started spinning and it hasn’t stopped!"

He chose to receive his prize as a one-time lump sum payment of about $3.8 million rather than 30 annuity payments for the full amount. With his winnings, he plans to pay bills and then save the remainder.

"We certainly weren’t struggling financially, but winning this jackpot means we won’t have to worry about money in our retirement," the player said.

The record for the largest prize ever won online is $5.75 million. In February 2021 and March 2021, two players each won $1,000 a day for life playing Lucky For Life online. Each player chose to receive their prize as a one-time lump sum payment of $5.75 million.