Detroit woman wins 2 Fantasy 5 jackpot prizes

A Detroit lady’s foggy reminiscence helped her win not one, however two, Fantasy jackpot prizes in the identical February drawing, based on the Michigan Lottery. 

The 67-year-old lady, who selected to stay nameless, purchases Fantasy 5 tickets each week for six drawings and provides the Double Play possibility. 

Not too long ago, she could not bear in mind if she had any remaining drawings on her ticket, so she bought one other one to be protected that included the Feb. 26 drawing.

“After the drawing, I checked the ticket I had bought that day and noticed I’d matched all of the numbers,” she informed the Michigan Lottery. Her numbers match all 5 numbers within the Double Play drawing — 10-17-19-25-26.

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“That’s after I remembered the opposite ticket, so I checked it to see if it coated the drawing that evening,” she mentioned. “After I noticed it did and I had gained on each I couldn’t imagine it. At first, I assumed I had break up the jackpot with myself till I spotted I’d gained $110,000 on every. I used to be so excited I couldn’t sit down the remainder of the evening!”

Here is how the Double Play works and the way she acquired two prizes, based on the Michigan Lottery:

• Gamers might add the Double Play choice to their Fantasy 5 ticket for a further $1 per play.  The highest Double Play prize for Fantasy 5 is $110,000. High prizes are awarded to every participant who matches all 5 Double Play numbers. Gamers might win prizes within the common nightly drawing, the Double Play drawing, or each.

She bought each her tickets on the Mobil fuel station situated at 10000 Ford Highway in Dearborn.

She informed the Michigan Lottery she plans to save lots of the cash.

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