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Michigan Lottery Player Wins $25,000 A Year — For Life

Check your tickets — a lucky Michigan Lottery player just won $25,000 a year for life.

MICHIGAN — A lucky Michigan Lottery player will take home $25,000 a year for the rest of their life.

A "Lucky For Life" ticket bought online at MichiganLottery.com matched five white balls during the drawing Sunday night, the lottery said in a news release. The winning numbers were: 07, 11, 25, 31 and 46. The win marked the first time this year that a Michigan lottery player won a lifetime prize in the Lucky for Life game.

The winner can choose to receive yearly $25,000 payments for at least 20 years or life (whichever is greater) or take a one-time payment of $390,000.

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The winner should contact the Michigan Lottery Player Relations Division at 844-887-6836, option 2 to schedule an appointment to collect the prize. The prize must be claimed at the Lottery’s headquarters in Lansing. Lucky For Life tickets are valid for one year from the drawing date.

Lucky For Life tickets cost $2 per play. Prizes range from $3 to a lifetime of cash. To win the game’s top prize, players must match all five winning numbers ranging from 1 to 48, plus one Lucky Ball ranging from 1 to 18. Players who match all five winning numbers, but not the Lucky Ball, will win $25,000 a year for life. Drawings take place daily.

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