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Michigan man in “utter disbelief” after winning $100,000 playing Football Payout online

The big win still hasn’t sunk in for the lucky Michigan man!

Michigan Lottery Instant Football Payout
Todd Betzold

A Michigan man was still in shock, even after claiming his big win. The Wayne County man recently won $100,000 playing the Michigan Lottery’s Football Payout instant game online.

The 53-year-old player, who chose to remain anonymous, said he plays the “Football Payout online game here and there.” He was recently playing the game and hit for $100,000, the Michigan Lottery announced.

The player told the Michigan Lottery, “Three $100,000 amounts came up on the screen while I was playing, but it didn’t register right away that I’d won that amount. Once it hit me that I’d won $100,000, I just sat there and stared at the screen, stunned for a few minutes. I was in utter disbelief!”

A life-changing win

After hitting the $100,000 win online, the lucky player recently visited lottery headquarters to claim his big prize. With the winnings, he said he plans on taking his daughter on a trip.

The player said:

“I don’t think winning will fully hit me until I have the money in my bank account, but I do know it’s going to be life-changing.”

How to play Instant Football Payout

If you want to try your luck at the same game as this lucky player, you just need to go to the Michigan Lottery website. Click on the Instant Football Payout game and select the cost of your ticket, which can be purchased for $0.10, $0.25, $0.50, $1.00, $2.00, $5.00, or $10.00. Then click on “PLAY” to purchase the game.

Each Instant Football Payout ticket features nine prize amounts and one Multiplier play area. To see if you won, you can either click each cell to reveal it or click “REVEAL ALL” to reveal the entire ticket at once.

If you reveal three like amounts, you win that amount. If your ticket happens to be a winner, then you get to multiply your winning prize by the amount shown in the Multiplier.

Depending on the ticket price, players can win anywhere from $0.10 up to the top prize of $100,000. Your overall odds of winning a prize on Instant Football Payout are 1 in 3.29.

Michigan Lottery online games

When playing the Michigan Lottery online games, players have a chance to win up to $2.1 million instantly. Players in Michigan may also win prizes ranging from $1 up to multimillion-dollar jackpots playing Powerball, Mega Millions, Lucky for Life, Lotto 47, and Fantasy 5 online.

The online platform for the Michigan Lottery offers players a chance to play more than 200 different games, with plays ranging in price from five cents to $50.

The Michigan Lottery says that 1 million players have registered to play the lottery’s online games, which launched in 2014. To play online or for more information, visit the Michigan Lottery’s website.

Enjoy playing the Michigan Lottery, and please remember to play responsibly.

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