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Detroit Man Wins $20K In Online Lotto Giveaway

A Detroiter is $20,000 richer thanks to the Michigan Lottery's Get Your Gifts Giveaway.

DETROIT, MI — A Detroit man’s bank account got a big boost after he won $20,000 in the Michigan Lottery’s Get Your Gifts Giveaway.

Michael Wilkerson was selected in a random drawing earlier this month. He earned entries into the giveaway by playing games at MichiganLottery.com. The Get Your Gifts Giveaway was open to all online Lottery players.

To earn entries for the giveaway, players were required to log in to their Lottery account and select a gift. Wilkerson’s entry was selected in a random drawing.

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More than 1 million players have registered to play the Lottery’s online games, which were launched in 2014. For more information or to play online, visit http://bit.ly/MSLOnlineGames.

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