LANSING, August 23, 2001 – One lucky Michigan Lottery player recently told Lottery officials he gets a lot of laughs when he tells people he lives in Hell, Michigan. Living in Hell just got a lot cooler for Kevin Nagle, thanks to the cold hard cash he recently won in the Michigan Lottery’s Big Game! Nagle matched the first five numbers in the August 14, 2001 drawing to win a $150,000 prize! That day’s winning numbers were: 1, 22, 27, 28, 35 and the Big Money Ball number was 26.

"I only play Michigan Lottery games occasionally, so I didn’t expect to win," Nagle said. "At first I thought I had won $500. When I saw the winning numbers in the newspaper and realized I won $150,000, all I could say was, ‘Wow!’"

Nagle, 35, purchased the winning Big Game "easy pick" ticket at New Hudson Food Market, 56320 Grand River Ave., in New Hudson.

Once the lucky man realized he had a winning ticket, he tucked it safely in his wallet and traveled straight to Lottery headquarters in Lansing to collect his winnings.

Nagle, a self-employed stone mason who enjoys watching sports and playing soccer in his free time, said he plans to use part of his winnings to pay bills and invest the rest.

The Big Game is a multistate lottery game in Michigan, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Virginia. Wagers cost $1 each and tickets may be purchased at more than 7,000 Michigan Lottery retailers statewide.

Big Game drawings are conducted every Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m. The next Big Game drawing is Friday, August 24, with an expected jackpot of $74 million.

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