LANSING, MI -- A Clinton County woman’s yearly tradition landed her a $1 million jackpot prize while she was playing the Michigan Lottery’s Major Cashword instant game.

LAPEER COUNTY, MI – A Michigan man had a very happy New Year’s Eve after he found out he won a $1 million lottery prize. Robert Benaglio, of Dryden, matched the five white balls in the Dec. 23 Powerball drawing to win. He bought his winning ticket at the Metamora BP, located at 3839 South Lapeer Road in Metamora.

“I have bought a Powerball ticket for one drawing each week for 10 years,” Robert Benaglio said, according to a Jan. 22 news release from the Michigan Lottery. So, he purchased a ticket for the Dec. 23 drawing at a gas station in Metamora. This time, winning him a $1 million prize.

"In 2024, 10 Michigan Lottery players became millionaires playing the Powerball game, including a lottery club that won an $842.4 million jackpot," added Michigan Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli.

A ticket sold in Michigan has won $2 million in Saturday night's Powerball drawing, according to the Michigan Lottery. The ticket matched the five white balls drawn — 14, 31, 35, 64 and 69 —and along with the the Power Play, the ticket won $2 million.

Robert Benaglio, of Dryden, matched the five white balls in the Dec. 23 drawing to win the big prize: 22-42-44-57-64. He bought his winning ticket at the Metamora BP, located at 3839 South Lapeer Road in Metamora. Dryden is about 35 miles east of Flint.

A Michigan man won a huge prize after playing the Powerball every week for 10 years. Photo courtesy of the Michigan Lottery. A Michigan man spent the last 10 years staying true to a lottery ...

A Powerball ticket sold in Michigan won $2 million, lottery officials say. The ticket matched five winning Powerball numbers and the Power Play multiplier, but not the Powerball, in the drawing Saturday, Jan. 18, the national Powerball site said.

A Clinton County woman won $1 million on Christmas on a Michigan Lottery instant game that she picked up while buying tickets as holiday gifts. The woman, 66, who chose to remain anonymous, told the Michigan Lottery she bought several lottery tickets as Christmas gifts for family members — and then one Major Cashword ticket the she kept for herself.

Powerball lottery drawings are 11 pm EST Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, including holidays. Jackpot for Jan. 27, 2025, was a whopping $56 million

The Powerball winning numbers are in for the Monday, Jan. 27 drawing with a jackpot is back to $56 million ($24.9 million cash value). The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan was worth $842.