LANSING, July 11, 2008 - Mary Green saw different
kinds of fireworks when four of her Mega Millions numbers came up, along
with the Mega ball, in the July 4 drawing! She won a whopping $10,000
prize!
The Whitmore Lake woman purchased her
own-pick ticket at Clark Station, 7620 E. M 36, in Hamburg.
Mega Millions is a multi-state lottery
game in Michigan, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington. Wagers cost $1 each and
tickets may be purchased at nearly 11,000 Michigan Lottery retailers statewide.
Over 95 cents of every dollar spent on Lottery
tickets is returned to the state in the form of contributions to the state
School Aid Fund, prizes to players and commissions to retailers. In fiscal year
2007, the contribution to schools was $748.9 million. Since its inception in
1972, the Lottery has contributed more than $14.3 billion to education in
Michigan.
For additional information, please visit the
Lottery's Web site at
www.michigan.gov/lottery.
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